Cloud Computing - Opportunities and Challenges, Pros, Cons

Cloud Computing - Opportunities and Challenges

It enables services to be used without any understanding of their infrastructure.
Cloud computing works using economies of scale
It potentially lowers the outlay expense for start-up companies, as they would no longer need to buy their own software or servers.
Cost would be by on-demand pricing.
Vendors and Service providers claim costs by establishing an ongoing revenue stream.
Data and services are stored remotely but accessible from “anywhere”

Cloud Computing – Pros

Lower computer costs
Instant software updates:

When the application is web-based, updates happen automatically

Improved document format compatibility
e capacity:

Cloud computing offers virtually limitless storage
Increased data reliability:

Cloud Computing – Cons

Need for the Internet :

A dead Internet connection means no work and in areas where Internet connections are few or inherently unreliable, this could be a deal-breaker.
Requires a constant Internet connection

Can be slow:

Even with a fast connection, web-based applications can sometimes be slower than accessing a similar software program on your desktop PC.

Disparate Protocols :

Each cloud system uses different protocols and different APIs – Standards yet to evolve.

Cloud Computing