{"id":143,"date":"2011-12-31T09:22:26","date_gmt":"2011-12-31T14:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.baahulya.com\/blog\/?p=25"},"modified":"2011-12-31T09:22:26","modified_gmt":"2011-12-31T14:22:26","slug":"cloud-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.baahulya.com\/pvvraju\/?p=143","title":{"rendered":"Cloud computing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Below article gives a nice over view on cloud\/grid. I read it at<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/in.news.yahoo.com\/242\/20091102\/1359\/ttc-cloud-computing-the-power-of-one.html\">http:\/\/in.news.yahoo.com\/242\/20091102\/1359\/ttc-cloud-computing-the-power-of-one.html<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>With Cloud Computing, users have been able to access data, share expertise and high-end infrastructure from around the world, and vice-versa. The resources are shared through a public platform like the internet. Several companies like Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, etc have invested heavily as they reach out to users.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Cloud Computing companies have customers of three kinds &#8211;<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Infrastructure-as-a-service: Option of renting and utilizing computing power and storage capacity of vendor&#8217;s quality.<\/li>\n<li>Software-as-a-Service (SaaS): Vendors license particular services to subscribers on-demand and once the contract expires, the services are disabled.<\/li>\n<li>Platform-as-a-Service: Here a developer is given the opportunity to utilize various web-tools to build and host applications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Cloud (other computers in the network) does have its pros and cons in this formative stage. Its advantages include,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Better performance by PCs in the cloud network, as fewer processing will be loading in each individual PC, the rest on the Cloud.<\/li>\n<li>No more spending on computer upgrades, instead services of another high-power PC can be made use of.<\/li>\n<li>Lesser hardware and software required, so costs of maintenance are tremendously lowered.<\/li>\n<li>Permanence of data, as all information stays in the cloud, even if you experience a hard-disk crash.<\/li>\n<li>Sync with experts worldwide on multiple projects and avail optimum results through the Cloud.<\/li>\n<li>Work from any PC and on the move, with the availability of internet access.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cloud Computing also has some drawbacks like,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The over-dependence on the providers.<\/li>\n<li>The reliability of the vendors.<\/li>\n<li>Protection laws in different countries vary. For eg, according to EU data protection regulation, personal information cannot be transferred outside the European Economic Area.<\/li>\n<li>Threat of unauthorized access to confidential data.<\/li>\n<li>Requires internet throughout and near-impossible to work with dial-up connections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The concept isn&#8217;t entirely new and is evolving even today. In the recent past, several variations have been introduced through &#8216;Grid&#8217; and &#8216;Utility Computing&#8217;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grid Computing is a virtual super-computer formed by a cluster of computers in concert, each performing complex tasks.<\/li>\n<li>Utility Computing is a format in which subscribers are charged based on their usage, similar to the way in electricity is charged.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As new developments take place with increasing frequency, your world is on the brink of transition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below article gives a nice over view on cloud\/grid. 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