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2. Cloud Computing 10 You’ll have heard about the ‘Cloud’ Lots of you will use it! But you need to be clear about how it works & use the correct technical terms And be able to discuss the advantages & disadvantages

3. Cloud Computing 10 Home Work Bad Old Days Transfer via email or ‘stick’

4. Cloud Computing 10 HomeOn The GoWork

5. Cloud Computing 10 Work Mate Work Work Mate Bad Old Days in Business Share via email Lots of duplication!

6. Cloud Computing 10 Work Mate Work Work Mate

7. Cloud Computing 10 The external servers are called hosts and are owned by a hosting company Some well-known hosting companies are Dropbox, Google & Microsoft Users can access software, data and storage from their hosting company You access all that using your web browser, or an app on your smartphone So cloud computing is where you use external servers instead of your hard drive.

8. Cloud Computing 10 Cloud servers are powerful computers housed in big data centers or server farms

9. Cloud Computing 10 Advantages You only pay for the storage you use, rather than having to buy & maintain all the server hardware. …that’s what we did with our email service in school, when we switched to using Microsoft. Cost Savings …in theory, we could also do the same with all our storage…

10. Cloud Computing 10 Advantages

11. Cloud Computing 10 Advantages

12. Cloud Computing 10 Advantages You can access your files and software from anywhere in the world, as long as there is an Internet connection ‘Anytime, Anywhere’ …but remember that things still go wrong …even with the best cloud-based services…

13. Cloud Computing 10 Disadvantages A poor hosting service can mean the servers are slow, or they crash and the service goes down Reliability & Speed

14. Cloud Computing 10 Disadvantages

15. Cloud Computing 10 Disadvantages You have to trust the hosting company to keep your files safe, otherwise there is a risk from hackers. Reliability & Speed

16. Cloud Computing 10 Disadvantages

17. Cloud Computing 10 So what kind of questions could you be asked about the Cloud? Have a quick look at these example questions But you’ll be able to answer them better AFTER you’ve played around with our Office 365 cloud service… Questions

18. Cloud Computing 10 Mary is at college and she often does group projects with other students. During these projects, all the students need to share documents. To do this, the students use a cloud storage provider. Explain two advantages for the students of using cloud storage. Type your answer in the box The students can all work on the same documents together and see the updates in real time so they complete the project quicker. The students can also access their files anywhere they have an Internet connection so they could work from college or at home.

19. Cloud Computing 10 The customer data is confidential but cloud storage services can face security problems and this private information could be hacked. Dan travels around for his job and might not always have a reliable Internet connection and so will be unable to access the data he needs.

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