Reflective Journal on Business Research: Advantages of Cloud Computing

This reflective journal delves into the student's research on cloud computing, examining its advantages and disadvantages within a business context. The research explores the evolution of cloud computing, its contemporary functions, and its impact on organizations. The student's investigation includes a comprehensive literature review, analysis of data sampling, and the application of descriptive and qualitative research methods. The journal discusses the factors driving cloud computing's popularity, such as its storage, sharing, and networking capabilities, while also addressing security risks and the need for constant high-speed internet access. The student faced challenges related to intellectual property rights and building relationships between variables due to the diverse nature of organizations. The research aims to identify the benefits, challenges, and organizational adoption of cloud computing to contribute to the body of knowledge in this field.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Discussion........................................................................................................................................2
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
Reference.........................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
In order to review the progress of my learning process I had to evaluate the research I
conducted for receiving the intended results. My research was the advantages and disadvantages
of cloud computing. The contemporary functions and issues of cloud computing have been
explored through raising the questions related to the both the advantages and disadvantages of
cloud computing. I as a researcher chose the definite set of questions for dual reasons. Firstly I
wanted to analyze the progress and changes in the field of cloud computing and secondly
exploring the organizations that are investing in the cloud computing. I had prepared certain
research questions where the organizations’ acceptance of the new system has also been given
importance.
Discussion
While preparing the research outline my principle objectives that I considered were
required factors for this innovative technology, identification of the benefits of such computing
and issues that the organizations may experience during the execution. The research also
explored how much resistance can the system develop and in what areas and should the
companies consider those before implementation. However after the initial analysis the main
objective that I focused most on is that the reasons for which cloud computing is getting so
popular and accepted among the organizations.
I did a long literature review in order to analyze the available literature dealing with the
use and result of cloud computing in the organizational operations. I found that many researchers
and experts have developed various literature that clearly highlights many practical examples and

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the scope of the system. Also during the hypothesis based research analysis I found that for a
broader scope of research the data sampling should include large enough and should include
diverse range of organizational operations. In the literature reviewing process I discovered that
cloud computing is capable of assisting in installing and using a third party server for the
organizational progress and communication. I also realized a primary reason for the popularity of
cloud computing are its capability of storing, sharing, networking and other several computing
facilities. From any place the digital data can be stored through the cloud computing. The
research on various organizational use of cloud computing reveals that cloud computing I used
by Google as a software hosting platform. Other significant examples I found through the
investigation are Microsoft’s online office cloud and Apple I.
Another advantage is that the consumers can access it through the demand based self
service. The brad access of the system offers this opportunity to all organizations irrespective of
their size or client interface. Cloud computing offers more facilities that attracting the consumers
to acquire more of this service. The promotion and awareness of this system is not yet so wide so
it is not possible for me to say if this model is going to expand greatly in coming few years. The
advantages have drawn attention of the organizations successfully as they are investing lot of
money for the expansion and innovation of the service. I also found that the cloud computing
service is compatible and flexible that the organizations can carry forward in their journey
towards sustainable business performance. The smaller computing devices like mobiles or tablets
are capable of using the cloud computing services more effectively.
The resources that have been pooled through cloud computing can be accessed by
multiple clients without any problem. I have found that many researchers have highlighted the
security risk as a major disadvantage of the cloud computing system. Other disadvantage is that

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the users must have access to constant high speed internet, which is not easy for many
organizations. However I have found that only few texts have explored the disadvantages
successfully so a lot more research and investigation are needed for exploring the disadvantages.
I have applied certain research design like descriptive research and qualitative methods to
complete the research. The explanatory research helped to establish a relationship among the
variables through the description of the research findings. The qualitative analysis helped me to
highlight cloud computing’s underlying issues. The necessary data for the sampling have been
collected from one hundred respondents as I conducted direct interviews and applied my
observations. For the primary sources of data I followed the aforementioned process and for the
secondary data I utilized various sources like newspaper articles, journals, books on information
technologies. The acquired knowledge helped me through the analytical part of the research.
The collected data had to be utilized well therefore a well structure research design was
necessary for me to develop. The secondary sources of data majorly depends on the extensive
literature review on my chosen subject matter that is cloud computing. The various theories on
cloud computing guided me to the intended research direction. As the chosen subject deals with
broad scope of hypothesis the research proposal faced few limitations too. Various organizations
possess various location, size or operations, so while considering all of these building an
effective relationship among variables was difficult. The another problem I faced during the
research was the issues related to intellectual property rights, as I was unsure which data I am
allowed to use. I started the research by mid of September and plan to finish the complete
research by the end of January.

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Conclusion
It was not surprising for me to find the rapidly increasing popularity of cloud computing
in various organizations. However at the same time I highly doubt that cloud computing can gain
success in such businesses that deal with less information. The exhaustive research on the
advantages and disadvantages might open up new possibilities for me and the future researchers
as well. As I mentioned the disadvantages of cloud computing is yet to be explored which I will
try to focus on throughout the research as much as possible. If I will be able to cover up the
literature and research gaps effectively the businesses can borrow the findings for developing
business decisions related to the adoption of cloud computing.

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