Cloud Computing Research
August 15, 2022
What is Big Data?
In Computer Science, Big Data is data sets that are much larger and more complex than usual
data sets. This means that traditional software designed to process data cannot handle Big
Data and must be processed by specific software made for it.
What is Cloud Computing?
Cloud computing is the delivery and use of computing services over the internet. This allows
the use of services such as software and storage anywhere with any device that would otherwise
have required expensive and bulky hardware.
Is Cloud Computing a novel technology per se or an amalgamation of several traditional technologies?
Cloud computing could be considered as a combination of both as it combines traditional
technologies to create something new.
What are the 3 major cloud computing service models?
Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
- In this service model, the customer rents cloud computing infrastructure from a cloud
service provider on a pay-as-you-go-basis, which is where the customer pays as the service
is being used.
Platform as a service (PaaS)
- For this service model, the cloud computing services supply an environment for application
development, services for developing, managing, and testing applications.
Software as a service (SaaS)
- This service model is familiar with most people since in this model, software applications
are delivered to customers over the internet, usually on a subscription payment model.
An example of an SaaS is Google Drive.
Name at least 3 real-life problems that cloud computing can help solve them.
CMU uses cloud computing to allow students to access expensive licensed software from anywhere,
which was likely particularly useful during quarantine when classes were conducted online.
Cloud storage is useful for backing up data as it allows access to the data from anywhere with
an internet connection and the backup doesn’t need to be personally managed by the customer.
This is useful for companies who don’t have the infrastructure to store large amounts of data.
Cloud computing can be used to allow temporary access to hardware that would otherwise be too
expensive for one person to buy for themselves.
What is the economic/business model of Cloud Computing?
Some companies offer cloud computing services on a subscription basis, where the customer pays every month/year for access to the service. or a pay-as-you-go service, where the customer pays as they use the service.
Links to sources used:
What is Big Data?
What is Cloud Computing?
Applications of Cloud Computing
Further Reading:
What is Big Data and why it's important
What is Cloud Computing?
Applications of Cloud Computing