Part A: Cloud Computing What is cloud computing? Cloud computing allows people to log into a web based service which hosts applications‚ programs or document. Imagine your job at a big corporation is to make sure every single computer in the company has the right software to work. Buying applications and programs for every single computer can be costly. Cloud computing solves that problem. You’d only have to install one application to ensure the employees can access to the “cloud”. The “cloud”
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Cloud Computing Bhavin D. Tank (S.Y.B.Sc. (IT)) College of Computer Science and Information Technology‚ Junagadh Ph. +91 - 93282 96802 E-mail: tank.infotech@yahoo.com ABSTRACT: This white paper is an introduction to the terms‚ characteristics‚ and services associated with internet-based computing‚ commonly referred to as cloud computing. Also introduced are the benefits and challenges associated with cloud computing‚ and for those seeking to use communications services in the cloud‚ briefly
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Cloud Computing for Libraries: A SWOT Analysis 8th Convention PLANNER 2012 Cloud Computing for Libraries: A SWOT Analysis Miteshkumar Pandya Abstract This paper provides brief information on cloud computing and its application for libraries. Adoption of cloud computing is not an easy task for Indian libraries. This paper provides some basic idea to choose evaluate Cloud service for the library. The advantages‚ disadvantages and features needs to be seriously considered before putting data
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Abstract– Cloud Computing has become another buzzword after Web 2.0. However‚ there are dozens of different definitions for Cloud Computing and there seems to be no consensus on what a Cloud is. On the other hand‚ Cloud Computing is not a completely new concept; it has intricate connection to the relatively new but thirteen-year established Grid Computing paradigm‚ and other relevant technologies such as utility computing‚ cluster computing‚ and distributed systems in general. This
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Vijayawada. [pic]Abstract Mobile computing has been undergoing a bit of a renaissance lately. A few years ago it was a simple matter of finding a data-compatible mobile phone‚ a PC card modem‚ and a matching cable and installing it as a modem. Then people started to use PDA’s as well. Cell phones started to come with infrared ports to allow communication with laptops. Then cell phones started to come with modems built in. The connecting methods of mobile computing‚ its introduction‚ connection types
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Cloud Computing CIS 500 August 28‚ 2012 Introduction The world is turning to cloud computing to manage data. Businesses are at the forefront of this new trend with companies such as Google‚ Amazon‚ Microsoft‚ and others leading the way by providing these services. What exactly is cloud computing? According to Turban & Volonino (2011)‚ cloud computing is Internet- based computing in which shared resources (such as hard drives for storage) and software apps are provided to computers and
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Cloud computing is Internet-based computing‚ whereby shared resources‚ software and information are provided to computers and other devices on-demand‚ like a public utility. It is a paradigm shift following the shift from mainframe to client-server that preceded it in the early ’80s. Details are abstracted from the users who no longer have need of‚ expertise in‚ or control over the technology infrastructure "in the cloud" that supports them.[1] Cloud computing describes a new supplement‚ consumption
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What business benefits do cloud computing services provide? What problems do they solve? Cloud computing offers plenty of benefits as well as solving plenty of business problems; • Cloud computing is probably the most cost efficient method to use‚ maintain and upgrade. Traditional desktop software costs companies a lot in terms of finance. –Solve the problem of high acquisition and maintenance costs. • Storing information in the cloud gives you almost unlimited storage capacity. Solves the problem
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Green computing or green IT‚ refers to environmentally sustainable computing or IT. It is "the study and practice of designing‚ manufacturing‚ using‚ and disposing of computers‚ servers‚ and associated subsystems—such as monitors‚ printers‚ storage devices‚ and networking and communications systems—efficiently and effectively with minimal or no impact on the environment. Green IT also strives to achieve economic viability and improved system performance and use‚ while abiding by our social and ethical
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The Ethics and Security of Cloud Computing T he shift from desktop- and server-based to traditional‚ on-premises solutions. In a law firm software to software as a service (SaaS) context‚ the use of cloud computing raises ethics or “cloud computing” is one of the most issues around storing confidential client data on a significant transitions in computing to system the attorney may not own or otherwise control. occur in the last 20 years. While the The discourse
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