Background

Computing may someday be organized as a public utility just as the telephone system is a public utility, Professor John McCarthy said at MITs centennial celebration in 1961. Each subscriber needs to pay only for the capacity he actually uses, but he has access to all programming languages characteristic of a very large system Certain subscribers might offer service to other subscribers The computer utility could become the basis of a new and important industry.

Such was born the concept of what we know today as cloud computing! Although it would take another 50 years before the technology to support cloud computing would be available to dominate the IT service industry.

Cloud computing implements the idea of utility computing, which was first suggested by John McCarthy in 1961, where computing is viewed as a public utility. Cloud computing can also be compared to cluster computing, which views a group of linked computers as a single virtual computer for high-performance computing (HPC), or grid computing, where the linked computers tend to be geographically distributed to solve a common problem

Discussion Question

Using YOUR organization as a basis, write a TWO (2) page paper which addresses the following:

1. Identify the type of cloud computing used by your organization. If your organization does not use cloud computing, based upon the type of market/industry/business your organization is in, pick a cloud type, based on those discussed in the chapter that would be relevant/appropriate.
2. Describe how your organization uses this type of cloud computing (or how the organization should use this type of computing if your organization is not currently using cloud computing).
3. Identify a minimal five (5) pros (benefits) AND five (5) cons (risks) to using this type of cloud service.