Importance of Data Centers and Cloud Computing

The assignment is a self-introduction by an IT student, followed by an analysis of the importance of data centers and cloud computing. The student discusses the functions of data centers, including storing and managing large amounts of data, and highlights the advantages and disadvantages of cloud computing. The essay concludes with a summary of the main points discussed.

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Name of Student
Name of University
Author note

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Self-introduction
At present I am pursuing my Bachelors in Information Technology. Since childhood I
was a technology enthusiast. My hobbies were to research or scrutinize the parts of CD
drives, laptops, hard disk and the other electronics goods that I could find in my home. My
inquisitiveness for IT parts have always been instrumental in choosing IT as my career. Other
than the love for IT, I have passion for games and music.
Career importance
I always wanted to explore more in the field of IT. The inquisitiveness of mind since
childhood about the various fascinating IT products have grown with time. It is always seen
that if a student pursues something that always fascinates him/her, then success is sure to
come. Considering my case, my interest and enthusiasm towards IT products and innovations
such as AI, cyber security makes IT an important part of my career. Moreover in the present
world scenario, this subject gives a huge scope to the IT enthusiasts.
Although there are number of options for an IT professional but I want to improve my
knowledge in the gaming sector as for example, how could I incorporate the codes to create a
more enhanced strategy game plans.
After completion of my study, my plan is to create a gaming platform for the gamers where
the game plan will be much more innovative with respect to the available gaming software in
the market.
Importance of data centres
The function of data centre involves integrating all the IT operations such as storing,
handling and disseminating large amount of data of the concerned organization (Bari et al.

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2013). The data centre also manages the IT equipment which are necessary for the easy flow
of the company’s operation.
Data centre stores large number of company applications as well as data on the cloud. It
means that, instead of storing the information on computers, in the present date companies
prefer to access these host information from the host servers. These host servers or cloud are
monitored in the data centres and the company and the user access application and data from
the internet (Lin et al. 2013). Some of the companies have their own data centres as well.
Some of the examples of data centres are- Google is known to have its own data centres,
Amazon is public cloud provider and Colos is a private cloud provider (Mouratidis et al.
2013).
Data quality
Data quality is important because only high-quality data will ensure easy connectivity
with the customers. The present era being the data-driven age, allows easy access to the
potential customers, which in turn will ensure more efficient marketing. Moreover, high-
quality data maintains data consistency.
Disadvantages of cloud computing
The following are some of the major flaws of cloud computing-
 There lies a potential threat to the company’s confidential credentials. In case
the cloud provider misuses the data.
 There is a chance that the company may lose control of the business as data
will be handled by a third party.
 In case the internet connection fails, then the cloud service can go down as
well resulting in the no service for the time being. In certain instances the

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vendor’s connection can beat risk as well such as bad climate or DDoS attacks
(Rittinghouse and Ransome 2016).
References
Bari, M.F., Boutaba, R., Esteves, R., Granville, L.Z., Podlesny, M., Rabbani, M.G., Zhang,
Q. and Zhani, M.F., 2013. Data center network virtualization: A survey. IEEE
Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 15(2), pp.909-928.
Lin, M., Wierman, A., Andrew, L.L. and Thereska, E., 2013. Dynamic right-sizing for
power-proportional data centers. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 21(5), pp.1378-
1391.
Mouratidis, H., Islam, S., Kalloniatis, C. and Gritzalis, S., 2013. A framework to support
selection of cloud providers based on security and privacy requirements. Journal of Systems
and Software, 86(9), pp.2276-2293.
Rittinghouse, J.W. and Ransome, J.F., 2016. Cloud computing: implementation,
management, and security. CRC press.