Cloud computing services-Definition , Advantages and Limitations

Definition of Cloud computing

Computing services delivery over internet to offer faster innovation, flexible resourses and economies of scale is called Cloud computing. Eric Schmidt is the first person who coined the word of cloud computing in 2006. There are 3 types of Cloud computing:-

• Infrastructure as a service [IaaS]
• Platform as a service [Paas]
• Software as a service [SaaS]

Advantages of Cloud computing

• Automatic software upgrade: - Software up gradation takes huge time. Using cloud platform does not affect the work at all and we can easily get all our software upgraded in the background without any disturbance.
• Scalability:- If we want to scale up the enterprise or company we can easily get that done by cloud computing.
• Automatic backup and restore:- The process of software development or mobile app development becomes easier if we use cloud computing. The reason is because it automatically saves the work and restores the information instantly.
• Unlimited storage: The storage of the cloud is vast and ideal for large scale enterprise. However it can also be scaled for small scale industry as well.
• Cost Saving:- The cost of cloud computing is very cheap if we compare with the cost of computational services that do not use cloud computing technology.
• Good performance and flexibility: - the performance on cloud computing is very nice and it gives flexibility to programmer as well.

Limitations of cloud computing

• Not all applications can run on cloud:- Applications that can run on cloud platform is very limited. Hence not all of the application can support cloud computing.
• Risks related to data security:- Since the data is kept on the cloud hence it is available to public free of cost. Even though you have taken a business enterprise for cloud computing there is always a risk of data security.
• Internet can affect the productivity:-Whenever we upload files in the clouds it might eat up the speed of the internet. This can also affect productivity.

Conclusion: - Cloud computing technology is the latest trends which have brought revolution in IT industry. In case you want to get more information about cloud computing platforms, cloud based services, cloud security solutions then you can reach Programming people Inc.