Cloud Computing ity-notre-dame-logo.jpg Matthew Cunningham Selina Sambar Maria Skorcz

Users Personal o iCloud  Multiple applications  Multiple Devices

Users Schools o Professors  Sharing Resources o Students  Sharing Documents, Presentations

Users Small Businesses o Low Technology Costs o Spend more time on innovation o More focus on business and start up ventures

Users Large Businesses o Payments managed by third party o Fewer IT employees to pay o Lower employee training costs

You already use a form of cloud computing every day.

SaaS – Software as a service CRM – Customer Relationship Management Sales Cloud Service Cloud Chatter

Utility computing Online storage Amazon o "Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), in which customers pay for compute resources by the hour, and Simple Storage Service (S3), for which customers pay based on storage capacity" Joyent

Web services in the cloud Related to SaaS Delivers services rather than applications

Enterprise private cloud Ideal for businesses with strict privacy restrictions Companies can leverage cloud methodologies, tools, and prices depending on their needs

Potential Issues with the Cloud: Information Security "Your data on my hard drive" Encryption as a solution Browsers as interface o Restrictions o Access control and passwords

More Potential Issues with the Cloud (as suggested by the National Institute of Standards and Technology) Computing Performance Cloud Reliability Economic Goals Compliance

Benefits outweigh the risks, if precautions are taken Economy of scale o Shared Infrastructure = Shared Cost = Shared Information Reduced spending on technology Timely Accessible