Josh Olson April 24, 2013

 What is the "Cloud"?  Why a "Cloud"?  What is the "Cloud" in cloud computing?

 The idea has been around since the 1960s.  First major breakthrough didn’t happen till SalesforceSalesforce  Recent emergence of Google, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft cloud technology.

 Reduced Costs  Not required to buy everything necessary  Scalability  Dynamic Scaling is available  Easier Management of Data  Reliable  As high as 99.9% Reliability

 Dependency One big problem  Ownership and Mobility Changing services is nearly impossible  Downtime Without internet, access is limited  Security Limited to the security of your cloud provider

 What is a Public Cloud?  What most people think of  Service which delivers an easy to use cloud solution  Why use a Public Cloud?  Don't have to purchase expensive equipment  Scalability  Amazon, Google, Dropbox, and Rackspace

 What is a Private Cloud?  Profit based  Slightly more complicated than the Public Cloud  Why use a Private Cloud?  More redundancy  Better security

 What is a Hybrid Cloud?  Why not both?  Both Public and Private Clouds in any combination  Why use a Hyrbid Cloud?  Desire some features of both previous cloud types  Able to provide a better overall system

 What is a Virtual Private Cloud?  Fairly recent creation  Closely related to the Public Cloud  Why use a Virtual Private Cloud?  Features of the Public Cloud  More privacy and better security

 Dropbox Dropbox  Google Docs Google Docs  Amazon Amazon  iCloud iCloud  Microsoft Microsoft

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