Cloud Computing

1. INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Presenter: Michael Joe H.
Buno
February 28, 2022
NEW BUSINESS TREND – CLOUD COMPUTING

2. Benefits of Cloud Computing:
Reduced IT costs
• Moving to cloud computing may reduce the cost of
managing and maintaining your IT systems. Rather than
purchasing expensive systems and equipment for your
business, you can reduce your costs by using the resources
of your cloud computing service provider. You may be able
to reduce your operating costs because:
• the cost of system upgrades, new hardware and software
may be included in your contract
• you no longer need to pay wages for expert staff
• your energy consumption costs may be reduced
• there are fewer time delays.

3. Benefits of Cloud Computing:
Scalability
Your business can scale up or scale down your
operation and storage needs quickly to suit your
situation, allowing flexibility as your needs change.
Rather than purchasing and installing expensive
upgrades yourself, your cloud computer service
provider can handle this for you. Using the cloud
frees up your time so you can get on with running
your business.

4. Benefits of Cloud Computing:
Business continuity
• Protecting your data and systems is an important
part of business continuity planning. Whether you
you experience a natural disaster, power failure or
or other crisis, having your data stored in the
cloud ensures it is backed up and protected in a
secure and safe location. Being able to access
your data again quickly allows you to conduct
business as usual, minimising any downtime and
loss of productivity.

5. Benefits of Cloud Computing:
Collaboration efficiency
• Collaboration in a cloud environment gives your business
the ability to communicate and share more easily outside of
of the traditional methods. If you are working on a project
across different locations, you could use cloud computing to
to give employees, contractors and third parties access to
the same files. You could also choose a cloud computing
model that makes it easy for you to share your records with
your advisers (e.g. a quick and secure way to share
accounting records with your accountant or financial
adviser).

6. Benefits of Cloud Computing:
Flexibility of work practices
• Cloud computing allows employees to be more
flexible in their work practices. For example, you
have the ability to access data from home, on
holiday, or via the commute to and from work
(providing you have an internet connection). If
you need access to your data while you are off-
site, you can connect to your virtual office, quickly
quickly and easily.

7. Benefits of Cloud Computing:
Access to automatic updates
• Access to automatic updates for your IT
requirements may be included in your service fee.
fee. Depending on your cloud computing service
provider, your system will regularly be updated
with the latest technology. This could include up-
to-date versions of software, as well as upgrades
to servers and computer processing power.

8. Some examples of Cloud:
1.When you search for something in Google, your computer sends a
message over the internet to one of Google’s data centers, looks for the
answer and instantly sends it back to you. A computer from another
location does the actual work to find the answer to your Google search but
you are not aware of this nor pay attention to it – the only thing that matters
to you is obtaining the answer.
2.Microsoft Office Online provides a selection of web-based applications that
are versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. They can be
accessed through your web browser – no installation required.
3.Google Drive works with cloud apps such as Google Docs, Google Sheets
and Google Slides. You are able to store and share information online.

9. 3 Types of Cloud Computing:
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) – IaaS is the most simple form
of a cloud service as it doesn´t include applications or an
operating system; it only gives you access to the infrastructure –
raw computing hardware such as servers and storage. This is
called utility computing since you only pay what you use. An
example is web hosting.
• Digital Ocean, Linode, Rackspace, Amazon Web Services
(AWS), Cisco Metapod, Microsoft Azure, Google Compute
Engine

10. 3 Types of Cloud Computing:
• Software as a Service (SaaS) – With SaaS, you have access to
a complete functional application that runs on another system.
This type of cloud computing is the most popular. Office 365 and
Salesforce provide SaaS offerings and people frequently use
them. Google Documents and Zoho are 2 great examples. This
type of cloud computing is referred to as on-demand software
because software is accessed when needed.
• Google Workspace, Dropbox, Salesforce, Cisco WebEx, Concur,
GoToMeeting

11. 3 Types of Cloud Computing:
• Platform as a Service (PaaS) – PaaS enables you to manage
and develop applications including a base operating system and
development tools. A company provides systems software and
hardware to run them. It is commonly known as middleware
since it falls between SaaS and IaaS. App cloud and the Google
App Engine are examples of this type of cloud computing.
• AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Windows Azure, Heroku, Force.com, Google
App Engine, Apache Stratos, OpenShift

12. Thank you for your attention.
“If you really think the environment is less important than the
economy, try holding your breath while counting your money”.
-Dr. Guy McPherson-