April 30, 2014

Six Benefits of Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is still in its early stages, but the public sector is already beginning to see advantages.

Despite its possible security and privacy risks, Cloud Computing has six main benefits that the public sector and government IT organizations are certain to want to take advantage of.

In very brief summary form they are as follows:

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April 30, 2014

Health care and the cloud are finally coming together

An U.S. report made in 2013 shows that most health care organizations have cloud computing in their short- and long-term plans

The health care sector is beginning to move to cloud-based platforms, despite the common belief that compliance and security issues would hinder the shift. The major driving factors are the need to increase storage and compute capacity using limited dollars and the ability to centrally manage patient data that now exists in silos.

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April 30, 2014

Where it makes sense to avoid the cloud

In many cases, public cloud computing is a great, cost-effective option – but not always

The notion that it’s a good idea to move data and applications to public cloud providers, or even private clouds, is not always true. In the majority of cases, using public clouds adds a great deal of value. However, in certain instances, cloud computing doesn’t make sense.

 

 

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April 30, 2014

Cloud computing – short history

One of the first questions asked with the introduction of a new technology is: “When was it invented?” Other questions like “When was it first mentioned?” and “What are the prospects for its future?” are also common.

When we think of cloud computing, we think of situations, products and ideas that started in the 21st century. This is not exactly the whole truth. Cloud concepts have existed for many years.

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