5.13 What business benefits do cloud computing services provide? What problem that they solve?
Based on what we learned, cloud
computing is defined as a type of computing that depends on sharing computing
resources rather than having local servers or personal devices to handle the
applications.
There is several benefits of
cloud computing:
- It helps company to build a large database as company have many information and data keeping.
- It can store a large amount of data and information and this can reduce data redundancy.
- It able for us to find the information in an efficient and effective ways.
The cloud computing had solve
several problems which is:
- It helps company with flexible computing power and data storage as well data management, messaging, payment, and other services can be used together or individually as the businesses requires.
- It helps customers to determine the right amount of computing resources for an example, Amazon had added an automated service called Cloud Formation.
- It improve response time for customers as Intercontinental move it core room reservation transaction system onto a private cloud within its own data center.
5.14 What is the disadvantages of cloud computing?
There is several disadvantages of
by using a cloud computing which is:
- The service fee is more expensive compared to having our own IT department to run the cloud computing so by manage their own center there will be more cheaper.
- There will be unexpected costs if suddenly the system down so there will be an extra charge to solve that problem.
- Without an internet connection it will having a possible downtime as the cloud computing is depend on internet connection. If the internet in your company not strong enough we did not prefer you to use cloud computing.
- Cloud computing services do not have a good customer service system as it is very difficult to reached the on telephone or an email and they just rely on FAQ pages.
5-15 How do the concepts of capacity planning, scalability,
and TCO apply to this case? Apply these concepts both to Amazon and to
subscribers of its services.
Capacity
planning is scalability, which is defined as the ability of a computer,
product, or system to expand to serve a large number of users without breaking
down. Scalability is a ability of a system, network or process to handle a
growing amount of work in capable manner or its ability to be enlarged to
accommodate that growth. Scalability relates to both Amazon and AWS
subscribers. Amazon must be able to provide its customers with services that
are scalable, as it claims to do on its website: “Take advantage of our massive
compute capacity and storage to build whatever kinds of applications your
business demands, no matter how fast it grows or how big it gets”.
Total
Cost Ownership (TCO) is a financial estimate intended to help buyer and owners
determine the direct and indirect cost of a product or system. Amazon must
provide hardware capacity planning and scalability. With the development of
information technology, Amazon will have more and more customers. Not just
Amazon, but Amazon's customer requires a large database to store a variety of
data and information. This will help the company grow. Amazon must bear the
total TCO of its services, while Amazon is also needed to maintain the
profitability of the company. However, the services' subscribers benefit from
not having to worry about these issues.
As
information technology and social development, there have been more and more
companies need cloud services. First, the information Internet companies need
to use cloud services, such as Facebook, Google, Instagram, Blogspot, Ebay,
etc. Because the cloud computing can store large information, and share the
information. Second, large multinational corporations, one of the advantages
about the cloud computing is that people from around the world can get a faster
connection
5-16 What kinds of businesses are most likely to benefit from using cloud computing? Why?
Businesses
that are most likely to benefit from using cloud computing are large
enterprises such as car dealers, warehouse sellers, online businesses such as
Lazada, Zalora and many more business oriented companies that has large
customer demands.
The
reasons are
(i)
Data
Loss Prevention
The
loss of data could be prevented as they have stored it and it could be useful
for coming future. This is especially true if data about customers and business
partners is lost, which can bring the daily grind of commerce to a halt. Since
backing up data using cloud computer is incredibly easy, and requires fewer
upfront costs, it will be the better choice for many companies and it would
save the companies reputation too.
(ii)
Tracking
Employees Performance
The
cloud computing is not only used for business purposes but it can also be used
to store employees information and it is a fast tracking system to see the employees performance for time to time. It saves time and cost.
(iii)
Online Business
It
shouldn't be surprising to say that online businesses will use cloud computing. The primary benefit is web server space. The costs of purchasing a sever and getting a website up and running are high, especially if a significant level of traffic is expected. Using cloud computer for hosting is the ideal solution, especially for smaller businesses.
The use of cloud computing utility has
increased significantly in recent years and it appears to be a natural
evolution of the data centre to execute computing and storage in a more
scalable way. With such a significant increase, the market is growing quickly
and more companies are providing new services with better features, including
isolated services. With greater flexibility, lower infrastructure cost, and lower
operations overhead, there’s a lot to love about a move to a cloud architecture
and with private and hybrid cloud options offering all the control and
transparency an organization could want, there’s no reason to fear cloud
computing anymore. We predict cloud computing will grow, so developers should
take it into account.