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February 11 2012
Pros and cons for Cloud Computing - Cloud Storage
What is Cloud Computing and Cloud Storage?
The word cloud in cloud computing often refers to the cloud symbol in diagrams representing the Internet. Cloud computing can encompass a diverse array of hosted services, which primarily include kinds of cloud servers and cloud storage. Cloud storage is the method of storing and burning data on servers, making data accessible through the Internet.
With cloud storage, your computer data doesn't need to be located on-site and may theoretically be stored anywhere; which begs the question, is the data safe without physical possessing it?
Pros to Hosted Storage:
cloud storage
According to configuration, organizations can decide to share resources on a server, letting them share the price of the server with other companies. Even though the server is technically shared, other organizations/people would not have access your data. The negative effects to sharing server resources is it allows for less customizability and integration with your organization. For that reason, larger corporations with additional sophisticated requirements will normally choose a private server, where they lose the fee saving benefit, but still benefit from the other benefits, just like the accessibility of cloud storage.
Cons of Hosted Storage
Localized storage may provide users with piece of mind, realizing that their information is inside their office, in a server they can physically see and touch. This issue is warranted as much users are unaware that cloud storage providers may send their data to places where its' security may be compromised through foreign laws. For example, in case a Canadian law firm stores their files on a cloud server located somewhere in the United States, sensitive client data might be compromised from the US Patriot Act. For this reason, depending on the nature of business, it might be within your best interest to analyze where the cloud provider's data servers are.
Generating a local private server could be very expensive, as companies would need to put money into server and workstation related hardware, software licenses, installing of patches, anti-virus software, upgrades plus much more annually on employing the IT staff to implement, manage and gaze after it.
cloud storage
Cloud Storage Recap
Pros:
More affordable than private servers
Data is available everywhere you look
Business continuity as data can be copied automatically
Cons:
Physical location of knowledge is often unknown
Data is subject to regulations of where it really is located
Small to medium-sized businesses are apt to have one of the most to get through cloud storage.
The word cloud in cloud computing often refers to the cloud symbol in diagrams representing the Internet. Cloud computing can encompass a diverse array of hosted services, which primarily include kinds of cloud servers and cloud storage. Cloud storage is the method of storing and burning data on servers, making data accessible through the Internet.
With cloud storage, your computer data doesn't need to be located on-site and may theoretically be stored anywhere; which begs the question, is the data safe without physical possessing it?
Pros to Hosted Storage:
cloud storage
According to configuration, organizations can decide to share resources on a server, letting them share the price of the server with other companies. Even though the server is technically shared, other organizations/people would not have access your data. The negative effects to sharing server resources is it allows for less customizability and integration with your organization. For that reason, larger corporations with additional sophisticated requirements will normally choose a private server, where they lose the fee saving benefit, but still benefit from the other benefits, just like the accessibility of cloud storage.
Cons of Hosted Storage
Localized storage may provide users with piece of mind, realizing that their information is inside their office, in a server they can physically see and touch. This issue is warranted as much users are unaware that cloud storage providers may send their data to places where its' security may be compromised through foreign laws. For example, in case a Canadian law firm stores their files on a cloud server located somewhere in the United States, sensitive client data might be compromised from the US Patriot Act. For this reason, depending on the nature of business, it might be within your best interest to analyze where the cloud provider's data servers are.
Generating a local private server could be very expensive, as companies would need to put money into server and workstation related hardware, software licenses, installing of patches, anti-virus software, upgrades plus much more annually on employing the IT staff to implement, manage and gaze after it.
cloud storage
Cloud Storage Recap
Pros:
More affordable than private servers
Data is available everywhere you look
Business continuity as data can be copied automatically
Cons:
Physical location of knowledge is often unknown
Data is subject to regulations of where it really is located
Small to medium-sized businesses are apt to have one of the most to get through cloud storage.
