Information Technology and Management Science doi: 10.2478/v10313-012-0013-8 2012 /15 Cloud Computing Evaluation Based on Financial Metrics Maksims Kornevs1, Vineta Minkevica2, 1-2Riga Technical University, Marcus Holm, Cisco Systems Abstract – Interest in cloud computing is growing, and, as a result, there is much information about it – both positive and negative. On the one hand, cloud computing saves money because it does not require IT infrastructure, servers, and it is very scalable
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System in Cloud Computing TOPICS * Introduction * What is IDS? * What is Cloud Computing? * Intrusion Detection System in Cloud Computing * Conclusion * References 1. Introduction Today, many organizations are moving their computing services towards the Cloud. This makes their computer processing available much more conveniently to users. However, it also brings new security threats and challenges about safety and reliability. In fact, Cloud Computing is an attractive
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spamming, call tampering and phishing attacks. Analysis of Cloud Computing In a cloud computing system, there's a significant workload shift. Local computers no longer have to do all the heavy lifting when it comes to running applications. The network of computers that make up the cloud handles them instead. Hardware and software demands on the user's side decrease. The only thing the user's computer needs to be able to run is the cloud computing systems interface software, which can be as simple as
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As med size and large companies know the benefits to cloud computing, small business are starting to hope on the bandwagon. So why is there an instant need for cloud computing? What are the cons? What are the benefits? How can it affect my company in years? Who are cloud service providers? What are the rates? These are essentially things that you can take in consideration when trying to build and maintain records. Cloud computing is cost efficient way to maintain use and upgrade traditional desktop
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Cloud Computing There are three different types of cloud solutions we will examine; Amazon, Google, and Rackspace. Each offers its own unique and similar features. All three provide you with First we will look at Amazon. Amazon offers cloud services that are designed to make computing easier for developers. One of the biggest concepts that Amazon uses is the fact that they want you to only have to pay for the capacity you actually use. It does this by allowing you to easily adjust capacity
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Andrew Marty Cloud Computing Cloud computing is becoming the "solution" for businesses. It is revolutionizing how businesses work & get things done. Before cloud, computing was ever thought of, businesses worked from their own computers, licensing tons of software & people complaining that their computers were too slow to handle the proper tasks they needed to get finished. Fast forward years later, now were in the cloud-computing era. The era where people can access tons of applications
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Jennifer Strangmeyer INF 103 Professor Gee 3 March 2013 Cloud Computing Cloud computing is a combination of software and computing delivered on demand, as a service. Its intention is to increase your organizational agility rapidly and cut back on cost of hardware. As all new things, Cloud computing has its pros and cons, but I feel in the long run and if properly used, it is beneficial. Cloud computing refers to applications and services offered over the Internet. These services are offered
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Cloud computing is the use of computing resources (hardware and software) that are delivered as a service over a network (typically the Internet). The name comes from the use of a cloud-shaped symbol as an abstraction for the complex infrastructure it contains in system diagrams. Cloud computing entrusts remote services with a user's data, software and computation. There are many types of public cloud computing:[1] Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) Platform as a service (PaaS) Software as a
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Cloud Computing Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Cloud Computing Cloud storage is a means of having data stored on the Internet and accessed from any time and any place with an internet connection. This eliminates the need to carry physical storage devices such as hard drives and flash disks. There are four types of cloud storage. Personal or mobile is a type of cloud storage people use in their day to day activities through mobile devices, computers and even tablets. One can access
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Security Considerations for Cloud Computing Carlos Chandler Abstract Cloud computing is an emerging Information Technology (IT) model whereby a company utilizes a pay-per-use service for it computing needs rather than maintain a local data center run by its in-house IT department. By treating computing resources as a commodity or operating expense, it allows firms to focus less on IT and more on the core elements of the operations strategy. Because of advantages like this, its popularity
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