Emerging trends

in
Cloud computing

Introduction
Cloud Computing is a general term used to describe a new class of
network based computing that takes place over the Internet,

-basically a step on from Utility Computing

-A collection/group of integrated and networked hardware, software
and Internet infrastructure (called a platform).
Using the Internet for communication and transport provides
hardware, software and networking services. Or we can say that cloud
computing is Distributed computing on internet or delivery of
computing service over the internet.
E.g.: Yahoo!, Gmail.
These platforms hide the complexity and details of the
underlying infrastructure from users and applications by
providing very simple graphical interface or API (Applications
Programming Interface).
The hardware and software services are available to:
General public, enterprises, corporations and businesses markets

History
Concept evolved in 1950(IBM) called RJE (Remote Job Entry
Process).
In 2006 Amazon provided First public cloud AWS (Amazon
Web Service). Cloud computing is a natural evolution of the
widespread
adoption
of
virtualization, service-oriented
architecture, autonomic, and utility computing. Details are
abstracted from end-users, who no longer have need for
expertise in, or control over, the technology infrastructure "in
the cloud" that supports them.
The actual term "cloud" borrows from telephony in that
telecommunications companies, who until the 1990s offered
primarily dedicated point-to-point data circuits, began
offering Virtual Private Network (VPN) services with
comparable quality of service but at a much lower cost.

Basic Cloud Characteristics

The no-need-to-know in terms of the underlying details of
infrastructure, applications interface with the infrastructure via
the APIs.
The flexibility and elasticity allows these systems to scale up
and down at will
utilising the resources of all kinds
CPU, storage, server capacity, load balancing, and databases
The pay as much as used and needed type of utility computing
and the always on! Anywhere and any place type of networkbased computing.
Cloud are transparent to users and applications, they can be built
in multiple ways
Branded products, proprietary open source, hardware or
software, or just off-the-shelf PCs.
In general, they are built on clusters of PC servers and off-theshelf components plus Open Source software combined with inhouse applications and/or system software.

Service Models

Application

Social Networking sites.

E-mail sites.
Search Engines.
Many more services OVER THE INTERNET.
Projects based on Cloud Computing:

Why cloud service is popular?

Reduce the complexity of networks.

Do not have to buy software licenses.
Customization.
Cloud providers that have specialized in a particular area (such
as e-mail) can bring advanced services that a single company
might not be able to afford or develop.

Scalability, reliability, and efficiency.

Information at cloud is not easily lost.

BENEFITS OF CLOUD

Reduce spending on technology

Globalize your work force On the cheap
Reduce capital cost
Improve accessibility
Improve flexibility
Less personal training is needed
Monitor project more effectively
Achieve economic of scale

Future of CLOUD COMPUTING

The 55% of respondents believe that cloud computing has a

lower total cost of ownership (TCO).
74 percent of respondents indicated that cloud computing would
either lead to an increase in hiring or have no impact, while rest
of respondents expected any decrease in hiring based on cloud
adoption.
39 percent indicating that the cloud would make for less or more
complex environments.
Grid Computing was the last research-led centralised approach
However there are concerns that the mainstream adoption of
cloud computing could cause many problems for users
Many new open source systems appearing that you can install
and run on your local cluster

Conclusions

Cloud Computing is the fastest growing part of IT

Tremendous benefits to customers of all sizes
Cloud services are simpler to acquire and scale up or down

Public clouds work great for some but not all applications

Private clouds offer many benefits for internal applications

Public and private clouds can be used in combination