Reading Reponse 07

From my understanding Cloud Computing is the use of servers to host data and different services for access from multiple data points. This hosting can be private, public, or hybrid. Private cloud computing is the case where all the resources of a server whether it be on site or hosted by a third party is used by only one company and is  maintained on a private network. On the other hand a public server is hosted by a 3rd party which deliver their storage and computing resources over the internet and from those two explanations hybrid is pretty self explanatory. The services which may exist on these cloud computing networks usually fall under 3 categories  infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (Saas) where infrastructure is just barebone computing resources, platform allows for quick testing and software development, and SaaS provides some time of software application over the internet. There are a ton of benefits to using Cloud Computing solutions such as lowering cost while increasing speed, scalability, productivity, performance, and reliability. Some of these benefits can also be disadvantageous such as reliability.  Just last year Amazon Web Services went down and caused many webservices to no longer work because they depended on the reliability of Amazon's servers as a 3rd party cloud service to keep their applications up and running. Further disadvantages include increased risk of data being leaked if the 3rd party is hacked as in the case of the Jennifer Lawrence iCloud nude leak. Using a big third party provider could lead you to being more vulnerable to things like this, in my opinion, because it is usually the bigger companies that have more useful data that are targeted by hackers. I have used the cloud in the form of gitlab and it was very useful in terms of collaborating with team mates as well as being able to run the professor created scripts on my solutions to test if they were correct. As a consumer the advantages and disadvantages more or less stay the same. You want to always be able to use your cloud storage and not have data stolen, but it is useful to access the data/service anywhere and it can boost your productivity. I use the iCloud platform fairly often. Just yesterday I used it to submit an assignment 2min before it was due from my phone while the assignment was in a pdf on my macbook desktop. You are making the trade off of having someone manage your data in return for use of their space/services. A lot of benefits come from using these services, but there is also a lot to be lost in your information. I trust in the cloud though breaches of yahoo, equifax, and other data heavy institutions makes me fearful of how safe any service cloud or not really is.

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