Cyber Security
Bowie State University
DISCOVERING THE LIMITS OF CLOUD COMPUTING
By
Oladapo Akingbade
4/22/2013
Table of Contents ABSTRACT 3 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND 4 ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT OF CLOUD COMPUTING 7 CLOUD COMPUTING LIMITATIONS 9 FEASIBLE SOLUTIONS 11 INTERVIEW 11 INTERVIEW #1 11 INTERVIEW #2 13 CONCLUSION 14 REFERENCES 16
ABSTRACT
This research paper tackles the issues that faces Cloud Computing today and gives the experts and industry’s point of view on the matter. The aspects explored are the significant industry questions that have risen about the use of Cloud Computing, business value, organization impact, adaptability, limitations, initial cost of implementation, and the severe business security risks due to centralization of resources. Brian Proffitt will argue in is IT World article [24], there are some serious limitations with cloud computing that is being blithely ignored such as bandwidth limitation, storage, and availability. Interviews conducted with colleagues that are experts in the Enterprise Systems network arena reveals that, the impact is all in planning before implementation, the selected architecture and the security policy. Findings in manuscripts and online libraries reflect that Cloud Computing is a technological revolution that provides computer resources as a service; offering flexible IT usage, computing efficiency through improved utilization and reduced administration and infrastructure costs. Users are not limited to applications confined to a computer, data stored to a hard drive, or bounded by the organization’s network. Also known as the sum of Software as a Service (SaaS) and Utility Computing, Cloud Computing is argued to be more efficient and scalable. My hope is to identify the common issues that face Cloud Computing in organizations that have implemented it, and find the answer or probable solutions.
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
Cloud security is an emerging sub-domain of network security,
DISCOVERING THE LIMITS OF CLOUD COMPUTING
By
Oladapo Akingbade
4/22/2013
Table of Contents ABSTRACT 3 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND 4 ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT OF CLOUD COMPUTING 7 CLOUD COMPUTING LIMITATIONS 9 FEASIBLE SOLUTIONS 11 INTERVIEW 11 INTERVIEW #1 11 INTERVIEW #2 13 CONCLUSION 14 REFERENCES 16
ABSTRACT
This research paper tackles the issues that faces Cloud Computing today and gives the experts and industry’s point of view on the matter. The aspects explored are the significant industry questions that have risen about the use of Cloud Computing, business value, organization impact, adaptability, limitations, initial cost of implementation, and the severe business security risks due to centralization of resources. Brian Proffitt will argue in is IT World article [24], there are some serious limitations with cloud computing that is being blithely ignored such as bandwidth limitation, storage, and availability. Interviews conducted with colleagues that are experts in the Enterprise Systems network arena reveals that, the impact is all in planning before implementation, the selected architecture and the security policy. Findings in manuscripts and online libraries reflect that Cloud Computing is a technological revolution that provides computer resources as a service; offering flexible IT usage, computing efficiency through improved utilization and reduced administration and infrastructure costs. Users are not limited to applications confined to a computer, data stored to a hard drive, or bounded by the organization’s network. Also known as the sum of Software as a Service (SaaS) and Utility Computing, Cloud Computing is argued to be more efficient and scalable. My hope is to identify the common issues that face Cloud Computing in organizations that have implemented it, and find the answer or probable solutions.
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
Cloud security is an emerging sub-domain of network security,
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