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What is Cloud
Computing?
Cloud computing is a broad concept of using
the Internet to allow people to access
technology-enabled services

Named after the cloud representation of the

Internet on a network diagram
Cloud Computing:
Background
Reincarnation of centralized data processing
and storage as paralleled by the mainframe

A mainframe (aka Big Iron) is:

A large computer
Used by large organizations
Used for bulk data processing
Cloud Computing:
Background
Cloud Computing is:
A large network of computers
Used by large organizations to provide services
to smaller ones and individuals
Used for bulk data processing
Synonyms: Grid Computing, SaaS, Network
Computing, Utility Computing
Cloud Computing:
Why it matters to you
Cloud Computing and web based applications
are the future of computing in which all of us
will interact
Cloud Computing:
Today’s Topics
The various types and vendors of cloud
computing services

Benefits of Cloud Computing

Drawbacks of cloud computing

Types and vendors of
cloud computing services
Cloud Computing
Services:
Simplest
Search Forms
Engines

Webmail
Cloud Computing
Services:
More Complex
Web-based Forms
office applications

Online photo and document sharing

Cloud Computing
Services:
More Complex
Branded, Forms
Domain-wide web services

Hosted Spam filtering

Cloud Computing
Services:
More Complex
Large-scale web-basedForms
storage and computing
power for building your own applications
Benefits of Cloud
Computing
Cloud Computing:
Benefits
Ability to scale to meet changing user
demands quickly, usually within minutes

Environmentally Friendly

Task oriented

Virtually no maintenance
Cloud Computing:
Benefits
In the event of a disaster data is usually not
lost
Easy to develop your own web based
applications that run in the cloud
Location of infrastructure in areas with lower
costs of real estate and electricity
Sharing of peak-load capacity among a large
pool of users, improving overall utilization
Cloud Computing:
Benefits
Separation of application code from physical
resources

Ability to use external assets to handle peak

loads (not having to engineer for highest
possible load levels)

Not having to purchase assets for one-time or

infrequent intensive computing tasks
Drawbacks of Cloud
Computing
Cloud Computing:
Drawbacks
Canned solutions such may not be full-
featured, or too Task-oriented

Often limited or no technical support available

Often free services display ads

When there are technical issues you may lose

access to your data or your application
Cloud Computing:
Drawbacks
No Control

Potential Regulatory Compliance issues

If the company hosting the application goes

out of business you may lose access to your
data or application permanently

You must have an Internet connection

Cloud Computing
Rebirth of centralized processing, without the
green and black terminal screens of the
mainframe days. Instead we have access to
rich web applications with our information and
files stored in the cloud and available at all
times, whether that be a laptop computer in
the middle of Manhattan.
Summary
Sources
Wikipedia: Cloud Computing.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing

Wikipedia: Mainframe Computer.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainframe_computer