Cloud Computing for E-commerce

This assignment explores the implementation of cloud computing in the e-commerce business of ALLOHA Furniture World. It examines the advantages such as scalability, cost reduction, and enhanced performance, while also addressing the risks associated with data security and vulnerability. The report compares these benefits and risks, ultimately recommending cloud adoption for ALLOHA Furniture World while outlining mitigation strategies to minimize potential threats.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Benefits and risks of using cloud computing in ALLOHA Furniture World........................2
Comparison of the risks and benefits inherent in cloud computing.......................................3
If ALLOHA Furniture World should move to using cloud services or not...........................3
Mitigation strategies to reduce the risks of moving to the cloud...........................................3
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................3
Reference....................................................................................................................................4

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Introduction
The advancement of technology has reached to a level where it can be used in the
implementation of ICT or Information and Communication Technology based businesses.
The growth of e-commerce has facilitated the implementations as well. The integration
between cloud computing and e-commerce provides solution to the improvement of
economic growth based on technology (Laudon and Laudon 2016). The following report
would include such implementation of cloud computing into the business of the furniture e-
commerce called ALLOHA Furniture World, the benefits and risks associated with the
implementation, the comparison of the risks and benefits inherent in cloud computing, the
mitigation strategies for the risks and if ALLOHA Furniture should implement cloud
computing or not.
Benefits and risks of using cloud computing in ALLOHA Furniture World
The benefits of cloud computing are myriad in the arena of e-commerce businesses.
Firstly, cloud computing provides and e-commerce application to cater to the changing
demands and scenarios of the market improving its scalability and the architecture that the
business needs. Secondly, since in an e-commerce application, speed is the most important
aspect to keep the customers glued, cloud computing provides with greater storage,
computational power and bandwidth (Laudon and Laudon 2016). It also reduces maintenance
and storage cost by implementing the technology in the virtual cyberspace and makes the
entire system tolerant to any disaster.
However, there are few risks associated with the system as well. Cloud environment,
due to its distributive nature, is susceptible to security issues and forms one of the major
concerns. In addition, as cloud computing uses virtual computer technology, user’s personal

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data is kept on various virtual data centres, which may cross international boundaries, making
it more vulnerable to risks.
Comparison of the risks and benefits inherent in cloud computing
The risks and the benefits that are inherent in cloud computing has a steer clear
chance of forming a risk about data vulnerability issues. The cloud-computing environment
has indeed made a revolutionary change in adapting to a technology that is devoid of any
physical storage system. An e-commerce application may be a representation of a virtual
shop however; it does not possess any physical existence (Demydov et al. 2015). Therefore,
implementation of the cloud computing environment e-commerce applications is indeed a
benefit but also the risks make it prone to become a greater threat. There is no virtual
limitation in cloud storage and therefore there are no limitations in the storage areas. The vast
storage capability, however is a plus point but also has the potential to make the e-commerce
application fall victim to data theft and data security issues.
If ALLOHA Furniture World should move to using cloud services or not
It is recommended that Alloha Furniture World should implement cloud services. This
is because, the implementation of the e-commerce among small and medium entrepreneurs,
which have limited resources and these enterprises, would want to develop and expand
marketing with e-commerce, can use cloud services that are free or have a low cost. Cloud
implementation is adjustable and has the potential to make the business scalable in nature
(Wang et al. 2016). This would easily make the business of Alloha Furniture reach a soaring
high increasing their customer base. Cloud service implementation also needs a very low
economic range in comparison with other technological implementations. The integrity and
security risks could also be mitigated, as many cloud service providers have good integrity
and the cost can be customized to the requirements. With good infrastructure, especially for a

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provider reliable provider, implementation of these services could be easily done for Aloha
Furniture World.
Mitigation strategies to reduce the risks of moving to the cloud
Cloud computing offers solutions as well along with the risks it provides in
implementing the technology into e-commerce applications. It should be kept in mind that the
cloud computing technology services should not be implemented without proper knowledge
of the mitigation strategies by an e-commerce application (Lian 2015). These mitigation
strategies are overseen by a hypervisor, with good understanding of the risks of a cloud
computing environment. These could be done by the following methods:
 Implementation of critical methods to protect and prohibit the sharing of
accounts and their credentials between users
 Using single sign-on (SSO) in the organization
 Working with experts to ensure cloud security regularly
 Implementation of end-to-end encryption
Conclusion
Thus, it can be concluded that, it is very beneficial for the e-commerce website
application of Alloha Furniture World to implement the latest technology of cloud-based
services to increase their customer base. Although, the technology has its risks along with the
added benefits, there are ways that they can be mitigated to extract the proper utilization of
the technology. The report establishes in details about the risks and benefits that the cloud
services offer and how they can be utilised to benefit the business for Alloha Furniture World
even mitigating the impending risks.

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