The Cloud
Cloud computing is a common term used to describe computer services provided over a network. These computing services are computing, storage, applications and services that are offered via the Internet Protocol. One of the characteristics of cloud computing is transparency to the end user. This improves usability of this form of service provisioning. Cloud computing offers much to the user—improvements in performance, scalability, flexibility, security, and reliability, among other items. These improvements are a direct result of the specific attributes associated with how cloud services are implemented.
Security is a particular challenge when data and computation are handled by a remote party, as in cloud computing. The specific challenge ...
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