Week 5 Discussion 1

    Cloud computerization is a based internet computing metaphor that renders user with services such as storage servers from companies such as cloud 9, Google, SkyDrive found on Microsoft Windows, computer networks, applications, and services.

     A company like Amazon uses cloud computing where the cloud services falls into three broad phylum: software as a service providers including the elastic cloud compute, installations service vendors that offer web-based access to power computing and storage for on-demand storage capacity and as a media platform service that gives developers the essential tools to build and host web applications. (Buyya, 2012)Benefits of cloud computing include flexibility where it’s easy to scale up your business where surging bandwidth demands are satisfied. Software updates can be maintained from anywhere where the manager can focus on other things like growing the company.

    Apple cloud also known as iCloud is a computing cloud service from Apple.Inc. The iCloud provides services to its users for storage of data like photos, documents, music, connect remote servers for download to iOS, Macintosh devices for sharing and sending data to other users and manage their Apple devices that are lost or stolen. Also enables Apple user to back up iOS devices directly to iCloud wirelessly, instead of relying on manual backup to the host Mac. Airdrop also enables Apple users to share music, photos, and games by linking their accounts. Apple Pie project which has helped Apple users to improve experience and speed for Apple’s online services by being operated directly by Apple. (Zagorodnov, 2009).

Week 5 Discussion 2

     Essential characteristics of cloud computing.

1.Broad network access: is a hosted private network cloud operating within a company’s firewall for access to tablets, PC’s, Mac and smartphones like iPhone that offer available cloud capabilities over the network.

2. Resource pooling: Email services, network bandwidth, virtual machines, storage, processing that are assigned and reassigned dynamically to pool together multiple servers to meet various consumer’s demands and satisfactions.

3. Rapid elasticity: Services on the cloud can be provisioned elastically and rapidly, to scale user’s purchases in any quantity of time.

4. Measure service: Controlled regular cloud services can be reported to provide transparency for both the consumer and provider of the utilized service. IT services just like mobile subscribers companies, and they can be billed efficiently as a contractual service.

   Computing dynamic infrastructure where firms like Microsoft, VMware, or Xen can provide couple automation provision, which creates utilization of high level, yielding efficient use of capital equipment. IT computing cloud has enabled customers to use powerful applications and services specifically designed for their computing environments. (Buyya, 2012)