A Report on Cloud Computing Applications in Management

This report provides an overview of several cloud computing applications and their uses within a business context. The report discusses Microsoft Azure, a cloud computing service used for building and managing various applications, and Cisco Spark Board, a wireless presentation and video conferencing system. It also covers IBM Watson, a computer system used for a variety of applications, including influencing consumer behavior. Adobe Sign, a document cloud solution, and Google Analytics, a web analytics service, are also included. The report emphasizes the benefits of these technologies, such as their impact on business management, and includes a list of references for further study. This report offers valuable insights into how these technologies are used and their importance in modern business operations.

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Table of Contents
Products and their Uses...................................................................................................................3
1. Microsoft Azure.......................................................................................................................3
2. Cisco Spark Board....................................................................................................................3
3. IBM Watson.............................................................................................................................3
4. Adobe Sign...............................................................................................................................4
5. Google Analytics…..................................................................................................................4
References........................................................................................................................................5

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Products and their Uses
1. Microsoft Azure- Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing service that is used to build,
test, create and manage the different types of services and applications through a global
network of a number of information centers (Bera, Misra & Rodrigues, 2015).
It is used by the companies to innovate and produce high quality applications and distribute
and determine the information without any stopping across the cloud premises.
2. Cisco Spark Board- The mentioned product is a wireless presentation screen, it can also
be considered as an audio visual video conferencing system.
The most important uses of CISCO are;
A. It is a wireless presentation device and presentations can be telecasted directly from the
cloud platform (Dinh et al. 2013)
B. It acts as a whiteboard and one can draw and write on the board
C. It is presently believed to be the best technology for audio and video conferencing
3. IBM Watson- IBM Watson is a computer system prepared by ht renowned global
computer giants IBM. It is capable of answering the questions that are posed in a natural
language.
The computer system is used to influence the behavior of shoppers in buying a product; it
can also be used for culinary purposes. It has also got its use in medical purposes.

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4. Adobe Sign- Adobe sign is one of the document cloud solution that helps the users to
replace paper and ink signature process with automated ones. It is used to support the free
acrobat reader and also the paid acrobat reader subscription offerings (Hashem et al.
2015). The following software can store and share files within the internet.
5. Google Analytics- As mentioned in the name itself Google Analytics is a premium web
analysis service that is created by Google to keep an eye and report on the traffic in the
website. It is now the most used web analytics in the internet (Rittinghouse & Ransome,
2016).

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References
Bera, S., Misra, S., & Rodrigues, J. J. (2015). Cloud computing applications for smart grid: A
survey. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 26(5), 1477-1494.
Dinh, H. T., Lee, C., Niyato, D., & Wang, P. (2013). A survey of mobile cloud computing:
architecture, applications, and approaches. Wireless communications and mobile
computing, 13(18), 1587-1611.
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.
Rittinghouse, J. W., & Ransome, J. F. (2016). Cloud computing: implementation, management,
and security. CRC press.