Cloud Computing Vendors Comparison Report - Research Proposal

This report presents a comparative analysis of major cloud computing vendors. It begins with an overview of cloud computing, including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS models, and highlights the benefits and challenges associated with cloud adoption. A literature review is conducted to evaluate the concept of cloud computing, focusing on its applications and the security issues associated with it. The research identifies key vendors such as Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, IBM Cloud, Amazon Web Services, and VMware. The report concludes with recommendations for improving cloud security and reducing implementation costs to encourage wider adoption. The study leverages existing research to provide a comprehensive understanding of the cloud computing landscape and its future prospects.

Cloud Computing Technology and Application: A
Comparison of Major Vendors-Proposal

Proposal Idea
 Cloud computing is one of the
most common topic of research
 The increase in the use this
technology and its application,
increases the need of researching
about the different cloud vendors
offering cloud services
 A literature review is undertaken
to evaluate cloud computing
concept and its use.

Research Approach
 The research has been
undertaken to provide a
comparison among the different
cloud vendors
 An extensive literature review is
conducted as a part of
proposal.
 Further research will include
detailed analysis of the findings
of the literature review

Research Aims and Objectives
 Aim: The research aims in
evaluation of the technology of cloud
computing and its application. In this
context, a comparison among the
major vendors of cloud computing
will be undertaken as well.
 Objectives:
o To understand the application of
cloud computing
o To identify the different applications
of cloud computing
o To compare different vendors of
cloud
o To provide recommendation on the
effective use of cloud.

Literature Review
 The technology is associated
with delivering services that
are hosted on
internet(Hashem, 2015)
 There are mainly three cloud
platforms
 These include IaaS, PaaS and
SaaS

Literature Review cont..
 The advantage of IaaS is that it
offers effective security to the
data stored (Botta, De Donato,
Persico & Pescapé, 2016)
 PaaS offer shared platform and
multitenant environment.
 SaaS has certain security risks
which are needed to be
addressed.

Literature Review cont..
 The literature review identifies
the advantages and the
disadvantages of making use of
cloud
 Cloud can be dynamically
configured and easily accessed
(Avram, 2014)
 There are certain security issues
in cloud.

Cloud vendors
 The top cloud vendors that are
considered are indicated as follows
(Kaur & Rai, 2014)-
o Microsoft Azure
o Google Cloud Platform
o IBM Cloud
o Amazon Web Services
o VMware

Recommendation
 Certain recommendations can be made on basis of the findings of
the literature review-
 Security: The security issues linked with the cloud is needed to be
addressed , to ascertain increased adoption or use of the cloud
 Cost: A reduction in the cost of implementation of cloud is
necessary to ascertain increase in the adoption.

References
 Avram, M. G. (2014). Advantages and challenges of adopting cloud computing
from an enterprise perspective. Procedia Technology, 12, 529-534.
 Botta, A., De Donato, W., Persico, V., & Pescapé, A. (2016). Integration of cloud
computing and internet of things: a survey. Future generation computer
systems, 56, 684-700.
 Hashem, I. A. T., Yaqoob, I., Anuar, N. B., Mokhtar, S., Gani, A., & Khan, S. U.
(2015). The rise of “big data” on cloud computing: Review and open research
issues. Information systems, 47, 98-115.
 Kaur, K., & Rai, A. K. (2014). A comparative analysis: Grid, cluster and cloud
computing. International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer and
Communication Engineering, 3(3), 5730-5734.