Cloud, we would imagine a big white fluffy smoke in the sky
that contain water and oxygen. What about cloud in term of computer world? No,
the right question is what is cloud computing? Cloud Computing means storing your data and accessing it and
also running programs using internet instead of using your hard drive.When we
use hard drive to store files or running software it’s called local storage. You
will need a high speed internet connection to run programs as well to access
data. Normally these days all country have already widen their broadband
internet connection to get a faster connection, so there are no problems
regarding internet connection. But if your office are in remote area that
cannot receive internet connection or bad connection, this cloud computing
services will be useless.
What Cloud services usually provide?
1.
Cloud storage
This is the basic services that should be
included, a huge storage that can store many of clients’ files.
2.
Cloud Hosting
Usually to running programs or software that
not need a lot of local hard drive, also to run websites.
In Practical basis, cloud computing services can be divide
into two categories:
1. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
In this type, client will be provided with
virtual hardware resources that can be install with their own choice of soft
wares and programs. More complex of work, but since client can custom their
need of software it’s preferable for a big IT team.
2. Platform as a Service (PaaS)
With this type, people with a little of IT
team will be consider to choose, because its already provided with software
environment so client can go straight installing and developing their websites.
Private Cloud & Public Cloud.
Regarding the above describe about cloud computing, there
are two term that will be familiar to client, private and public cloud. Private
Cloud is dedicated for single organization that has similar advantage to public
cloud including self-service and scalability but through own private
architecture. Private cloud offer hosted services and gives companies direct
control over their data. Public cloud share a computing infrastructure across
different users or business units, but not all business suitable with public
cloud. Companies/ business unit with security concern, critical workloads, and
up time management demand are highly recommended to avoid public cloud, and use
private cloud instead.
Two side of Coin
Good side about cloud computing is you don’t need to spend a
huge budget to provide massive hard drive and space in your office, just rent a
cloud services provider for your business. But as a coin has two side, there
are also down side this system. Your valued data will be out of your briefcase,
there are possibility that your data will be hacked since the data is in
internet premises.
Let’s keep on open mind about this opportunity to widen our
knowledge and utility, cloud computing is intended to make our business run a
lot easy because cloud computing can be use anywhere and anytime.
Here are reasons your company should move on to and start
using Cloud Computing
1.
1. Force Major Recovery
Prepare for worst case scenario, your
company get unfortunate moment, cloud could help your company to get that data
or running program.
2. 2. Automatic Software Updates
Vendor take care of the maintenance of
cloud software include update it with latest version.
3. 3. Flexible
Cloud services are ideal for growing
business because client can choose bandwidth demands, if need more bandwidth
it’s easy to scale up, and also if client need to scale down also applicable.
4. 4. Work from Anywhere
All you need is just internet connection
and you connect with cloud server, you are no restricted with location as long
have internet connection. With this activity your business can run from
everywhere and its flexible also enjoyable to pick your own place of work and
not sit in the same place.
5. 5. Document Control
In old days, people usually send files back
and forth as email attachment to be worked by one person at a time, later on
you’ll get a bunch of files with many different format and content, so
confusing. With cloud, all files can be store centrally and work together in
the same page.
6. 6. Competitive
Using cloud gives access for anyone to
enterprise-class technology, act faster with small amount of cost.
7. 7. Secure
If you lost your laptops or your computer are
stolen, the cost is not just that price of laptop but the valued data that
contain in it. But since your data is store in cloud, you can retrieve it, no
matter what happen to your machines.
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