The Cloud Computing

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An increasing number of companies are using the 'cloud computing' to save their informations and folders on a common server. We will now explain what cloud computing is, its advantage and disadvantage and the way companies use it. 'Cloud computing consists of utilization of memory and it calculates capacities of computers and servers spread on the Internet, to hosting applications and folders.' To explain this definition, we could say that instead of saving informations on a computer, a company will rent virtual servers, which can be called 'cloud' to save their informations. These servers are connected themselves, which permit to save the informations on the web. A company can have access to their information anywhere with an Internet connection. It is not only a data center but it also has virtual servers and services. Application, software and networks can be provisioned and released with minimal management effort and with only one service provider. 'Cloud' is important for companies because it can join together application that will be used for Human resources, accountability, finances, marketing.

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[...] Examples of the application of cloud computing In this part, we will focus on how cloud computing is working concretely. We will take some of the most important actors in the sector to explain what they are selling to their clients and how the companies take advantage of this. We will start with the company Google, which has launched his cloud: Google Apps and Google docs. For the first one, the goal is that all companies who are using it are able to get and use any application they want online, while subscribing to a Google account and paying for it. [...]

[...] What impact will cloud computing have on business in the next 10 years? Cloud computing will probably become a factor that companies will not have the choice to use to grow. Indeed, applications online will be very important for them in term of time gain, but also in terms of money. These applications will not need huge investments such as with softwares. It will become so important for me that all companies will have to use to it to become efficient. [...]

[...] If you're spending $500 a month for RightScale on management, the money that's being saved on EC2 is being funneled into the management. SearchCIO ANZ: That sounds a lot like today's world, where hardware is getting cheaper but management of it is expensive. So the cloud is just replicating that scenario? MR: Cloud management vendors need to find a way to make this affordable or they will not survive. In the data center internally, there is someone you can yell at, but in the cloud the software really needs to work and be cost-effective or companies will not adopt it. [...]

[...] They want to be transparent in terms of pricing. Microsoft[9] has a special strategy for his service Windows Azure platform. Indeed, they want to be the leaders and to offer the best online solutions possible for their customers and partners. They will offer special discounts for their partners. They are advertising on the way that it is not a big investment that has to be refunded but you pay only what you consume. They are also speaking about their experience on software systems, which could be a key factor for them in the future. [...]

[...] Amazon Web Services is one of the most important actor of the cloud computing. They purpose a huge range of application online to improve your company results. As a concrete example, there is an application named “cloudfront” “that helps you improve the performance, reliability, and availability of your web sites and applications.”[5] Windows Azure by Microsoft: Windows Azure platform offers an intuitive, reliable and powerful platform for the creation of web applications and services.”[6] As we can see on the picture above, which is from the video “What is Windows Windows Azure is a platform that help you to run your ideas with all the components mentioned above. [...]