Overview of Cloud Computing
The demand for cloud computing has risen over the last few years as the workforce has been more mobile; the cloud solution is very cost-effective and maintains the high availability of systems. Before you decide to move to a Cloud Service Provider (CSP), you need to ensure that you trust them 100%.
There are many good reasons why cloud computing has become popular:
- Elasticity: The cloud is like a pay-as-you-go model where one day you can increase resources and then the next day you can scale down the resources. You can even add more processor power, faster disks, more memory, or dual network cards whenever you want – there's no need to wait for delivery times, but the cost increases:
Example 1: A toy firm is hiring 50 temporary workers from October onward to deal with the rush for toys at Christmas. If the toy company were not on the cloud, they would have to purchase another 50 desktops, but instead, they lease Virtual Machines (VMs...
