Cloud computing represents a paradigm shift in how computing resources are accessed and delivered. It provides on-demand, scalable access to storage, computation power, networks, and applications as subscription-based services that customers can obtain without regard for location of the underlying infrastructure. This new model enables dynamic provisioning of unlimited, virtual resources from anywhere. While cloud computing offers benefits like utility pricing models and flexibility, security, legal, and other challenges must still be addressed before it is universally adopted.
Cloud computing represents a paradigm shift in how computing resources are accessed and delivered. It provides on-demand, scalable access to storage, computation power, networks, and applications as subscription-based services that customers can obtain without regard for location of the underlying infrastructure. This new model enables dynamic provisioning of unlimited, virtual resources from anywhere. While cloud computing offers benefits like utility pricing models and flexibility, security, legal, and other challenges must still be addressed before it is universally adopted.
Cloud computing represents a paradigm shift in how computing resources are accessed and delivered. It provides on-demand, scalable access to storage, computation power, networks, and applications as subscription-based services that customers can obtain without regard for location of the underlying infrastructure. This new model enables dynamic provisioning of unlimited, virtual resources from anywhere. While cloud computing offers benefits like utility pricing models and flexibility, security, legal, and other challenges must still be addressed before it is universally adopted.
Cloud computing is a new trend of computing where resources like storage,
computation power, network, applications etc. are delivered as services. This services are available to the customers as subscription-based model i.e. pay-as-you go. In this model, customers can get these services on their demands regardless of where these services are hosted and customers have to pay depending on their usage of services. In cloud computing, resources are made virtual and unlimited. Also, the resources can be provisioned from anywhere i.e. always available at any location. So, cloud computing is a new paradigm where we can provision resources dynamically, deploy applications, and can access platform-independent services. Cloud computing, successor of internet computing, is a technology, where the concept of utility, scalability, on-demand services are incorporated. Cloud Computing, the latest buzzword and game changer in Information Technology (IT) sector had been garnering huge attention among the corporate and consumers. The innovation and proliferation of modern technologies like smart phones and tablets had necessitated the evolution of modern methods of computing and data storage. Cloud service providers were offering hardware and software solutions over the Internet as an alternative for traditional giant servers that were deployed within the company premises. The cloud model facilitated access to data and applications from anywhere, at anytime and through any computer linked to the Internet. It also provided 'pay-per-use' access to a pool of resources to the enterprises based on their need and demand which further enabled them to focus only on their core competencies instead of the capital expenditure component. But on the hind side, IT sector had always been on the verge of technological evolution. The technology that was considered to be must-have today might become outdated tomorrow. Besides, cloud computing was considered to catalyze disruption in the growth of new technology delivery models, evolution of new IT architecture, etc. Even though cloud computing had proved to be beneficial in both commercial and technical angles, it possessed several inherent challenges such as lack of security, piracy as well as legal issues that should be addressed before adopting a cloud based business model. Hence it remained to be seen whether cloud computing would overcome these initial hiccups and alter the trajectory of the IT industry while Green computing concept was gaining ground in the 21st century.