Cloud Computing
Today Cloud Computing enjoys great popularity so I am going to tell you the pros and the cons of using this style of computing. First of all is this service an advantage for your administrator because he does not have to care about new updates and patches. This is the job of the provider so your administrator can save time. Furthermore you can save money using the service of cloud computing. Let me give you an example for using the „pay per use“-method. If you need software three times a year it will be more expensive to buy the full version than pay three times for the service. Another aspect is that you can save local recourses because you use the storages of the provider. Another huge advantage of cloud computing is mobility. You can work everywhere you want because you just need your login data and the internet to use the Cloud Computing offers.
As we can, see there are a lot of pros using Cloud Computing but remember that there are some disadvantages and risks, too. The precondition that you have access to the internet makes you dependent. This could be a problem especially if you do not have a fast connection. In this respect I am of the opinion that the internet is so popular in the whole world that you should not have internet problems to use Cloud Computing. Another problem is the security risk. You and your colleagues store your data on the server of the provider and you do not know what the provider does with your secret data. Maybe he sells them to a third person which would be dramatic for your company. I think the biggest disadvantage of cloud computing is the reliability of the provider. First, you do not know how certain the servers of the provider are. Further more, he could use your data for everything he wants to do without letting know you something about. Finally you should be most concerned about losing all your data!
Christian
