Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is the delivery of on-demand computing resources over the internet, including servers,
storage, databases, and software. Users can access these resources from anywhere, and pay only for
what they use, making it a flexible and cost-effective solution for businesses of all sizes. Cloud
computing can be classified into three main types:

1 SaaS 2 PaaS 3 IaaS

Software as a Service Platform as a Service Infrastructure as a

provides users with provides users with Service provides users
access to software access to cloud-based with access to
applications that run on development platforms, virtualized computing
cloud infrastructure, enabling them to build, resources, including
eliminating the need for test, and deploy servers, storage, and
users to install and applications without the networking, allowing
maintain their own need for on-premises them to create their
software. infrastructure. own virtual data centers
on the cloud.
Cloud computing has many benefits, including:

• Scalability
• Flexibility
• Cost savings
• Reliability
• Security

However, there are also some challenges associated with cloud computing, such as:

• Data privacy and security concerns

Cloud Computing Models
Public Cloud Private Cloud Hybrid Cloud Multi-Cloud

Owned and Owned and A combination of The use of multiple

operated by a third- operated by a public and private cloud computing
party service single organization, clouds, the hybrid services from
provider, the public the private cloud cloud allows different providers,
cloud delivers provides computing organizations to the multi-cloud
computing resources control sensitive environment offers
resources over the exclusively to that data on a private redundancy,
internet. It offers organization. It cloud while taking failover, and
scalability and cost- offers greater advantage of the flexibility for
effectiveness for control and security scalability and cost- organizations. It
organizations of all for sensitive data effectiveness of a allows for the
sizes. and applications. public cloud. It optimization of
offers flexibility and workloads and cost
customization for management.
complex
workloads.
Advantages of Using Cloud Computing
Cost-Effectiveness 💰

Cloud computing eliminates the need for

costly hardware infrastructure and
maintenance, reducing IT costs for
organizations. This means that they can
focus on their core business objectives
rather than worrying about managing and
maintaining IT infrastructure. It also allows
them to avoid upfront capital expenses and
pay only for what they use, which can be
more cost-effective in the long run.

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Scalability 🚀 Accessibility 📱

Cloud computing resources can be scaled up Cloud computing offers access to data and
or down based on demand, allowing applications from anywhere, anytime, and
organizations to pay only for what they use. from any device with an internet connection,
This means that they can easily handle improving productivity and collaboration.
spikes in traffic or workloads without having This means that employees can work from
to invest in expensive hardware or anywhere, using any device, and still have
infrastructure. It also allows them to quickly access to the data and applications they
and easily adjust to changing business need to do their jobs. It also allows teams to
needs, without having to worry about collaborate more easily, share information
capacity planning or overprovisioning. more effectively, and work more efficiently,
Security Concerns and Mitigations
Security Concerns Mitigations
A data breach is an incident where sensitive, Data encryption is a process of converting
protected, or confidential data is accessed or sensitive data into an unreadable format to
disclosed without authorization. Data breaches prevent unauthorized access. Organizations can
can occur due to a variety of reasons, including use various encryption technologies, such as
human error, system glitches, or cyberattacks. symmetric key encryption, asymmetric key
They can result in financial losses, legal encryption, or hashing, to protect their data from
liabilities, and reputational damage for cyber threats.
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a security
organizations.
Data loss or theft can occur due to hardware measure that requires users to provide two or
failure, natural disasters, or human error. more forms of authentication to access a
Organizations can lose valuable data if they do system or service. MFA can prevent
not have appropriate backup and recovery plans unauthorized access to sensitive data and
in place. Data theft can occur due to protect against cyber attacks, such as phishing
cyberattacks, insider threats, or physical theft of or credential stuffing.
Disaster recovery planning (DRP) is a process of
devices. It can result in identity theft, financial
preparing for and recovering from a disaster
fraud, or other forms of cybercrime.
that affects an organization's IT systems or
A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack is a infrastructure. DRP can include various
type of cyberattack where multiple measures, such as data backup and recovery,
compromised systems are used to target a system redundancy, and business continuity
single system or service, causing it to become planning, to ensure that an organization can
unavailable to users. DDoS attacks can be continue its operations in the event of a
launched by hackers or cybercriminals to disaster.
Regulatory compliance audits are a process of
blackmail organizations or disrupt their
assessing an organization's compliance with
operations. They can result in lost revenues,
various laws and regulations related to data
reputational damage, and legal liabilities.
Organizations that handle sensitive data or privacy, security, and governance. Audits can be
Cloud Computing Real-World Examples

Netflix Zoom Microsoft

Netflix has migrated its video- Zoom's video conferencing Microsoft Azure is a leading
streaming services to Amazon technology is hosted on AWS cloud services platform for
Web Services (AWS) to cut to provide high reliability and building, testing, deploying,
costs and improve scalability. secure connections to millions and managing applications
of users globally. and services through
Microsoft-managed data
centers.

Spotify Slack Adobe

Spotify uses Google Cloud Slack uses AWS to provide Adobe Creative Cloud is a
Platform (GCP) to process real-time communication and suite of creative applications
large amounts of data and collaboration services to its and services that are hosted
provide personalized music users, with high availability on AWS, providing users with
recommendations to its users. and low latency. on-demand access to tools
Migration to Cloud Computing
Planning
Develop a comprehensive migration plan that
includes timelines, budgets and resources
required, and a contingency plan to address
any issues that may arise.

• Create a detailed migration plan

• Identify timelines and budgets
• Allocate resources and responsibilities
• Develop a contingency plan

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Assessment Execution
Organizations should determine which Migrate applications and data to the cloud,
applications and data will be moved to the configure security and governance policies,
cloud and identify any potential security and and establish best practices for monitoring
compliance issues. and managing resources in the cloud.

• Identify applications and data to be migrated • Migrate applications and data to the cloud
The Future of Cloud Computing
Edge Computing Serverless Computing

Edge computing is a way of processing data Serverless computing is a technology that

closer to the source, which reduces the time allows developers to build and run
it takes for your applications to respond. This applications without worrying about the
means faster performance and better user underlying infrastructure. This means you
experiences for everyone. can focus on writing code and delivering
value to your users, without getting bogged
down in the details of servers and
networking.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Quantum Computing

Learning
Quantum computing is a new type of
Cloud computing is already playing a critical computing that has the potential to
role in driving advancements in AI and revolutionize the way we solve problems. By
machine learning. With access to vast harnessing the properties of quantum
amounts of data and computing power, mechanics, quantum computers could be
developers can create more sophisticated much faster and more powerful than
and powerful applications than ever before. traditional computers. Cloud computing
providers are already investing heavily in this
area to make quantum computing accessible
to a broader audience.

Hybrid Cloud

Hybrid cloud is a combination of public and private cloud infrastructure. It gives organizations the
flexibility to run some applications in the public cloud, while keeping others on-premise. This can