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In the traditional model of implementation of Information Technology (IT), organizations allocate material, human and technological, which are grouped in an area responsible for solving the problems related to infrastructure and application development for the organization.

Most of these areas, are forced to spend much of their time on tasks to deploy, configure, maintain and upgrade infrastructure-related projects in your organization, which normally is not a value in the balance final production thereof.

On the other hand, it is observed that the distribution of services such as Online data storage, large big data services, leave the full responsibility provider to generate, organize and manage everything for the end user receives the agreement, paying it solely for your use thereof, while the supplier is responsible to clarify the mechanisms by which determines consumption generated by the collection.

Thus emerges an interesting question: why not implement services or resources under a scheme similar to that described, where the vendor provides the user required and pay only for your use?

If this happens, the user would not have to worry about acquiring computer equipment and their respective maintenance, update applications or operating system, it would be the responsibility of the vendor.

It is for this reason that organizations are directing their gaze to this technology known as cloud Hosting (cloud computing), which is able to minimize the time spent on lower-value activities and allow the staff working in technology areas information, focus on strategic activities that have a real impact on the business processes of the organization.

Using this concept is spreading with considerable speed, resulting in an increase in the number of companies that provide services through this technology, as well as organizations that are seriously considering the adoption of cloud computing as a totally viable alternative.

"The cloud computing is a paradigm that can provide computing services via the Internet, in this context, the cloud is a metaphor for the Internet". The types of services that can be provided through the cloud are extensive. According to this model, the client pays for a service provider or by the use of a particular resource (memory, storage, processing, software, databases, etc..) And this provides the service via the Internet. The commercialization and standardization of technologies, virtualization architectures and the growth of service-oriented software and increasing the reliability of Internet business solutions, are the foundations on which cloud computing has managed to grow.

 

Advantages of Cloud Hosting Services :

1) Costs : It could be the most attractive advantage presented by cloud computing, and if not, at least it's the most obvious of all of this technology. By leaving the responsibility of implementing the infrastructure provider, the client does not have to worry about buying computer equipment, train personnel for the setup and maintenance of these, and in some cases, software development. Furthermore, the user of these services you only pay for the resources they use, letting you design a payment plan usually from the time that it is used (memory, processing, storage).

2) Competitiveness : By not having to buy expensive equipment, small businesses can have access to the latest technology at prices within reach paying only for consumption. Thus any organizations could compete on equal terms in areas of IT companies of any size. The competitive advantage is one that has the computing resources employed but who the better.

3) Availability: The supplier is obliged to ensure that the service is always available for the customer. In this sense, virtualization plays a key role as the provider can make use of this technology to design a redundant infrastructure enabling it to offer consistent service according to customer specifications. 

4) Uptime: The most required thing which allows number of clients to run successful online without the downtime. The Connected server network logic which works behind the cloud servers helps website to distribute the generated load and helps to grow business. 

5) Abstraction of the technique : As mentioned when talking about costs, cloud computing allows the customer the ability to forget about the deployment, configuration and maintenance; transferring this responsibility to the service provider.

 

6) Access from any location : Using applications designed on the paradigm of cloud computing can be accessed from any computer equipment in the world that is connected to the Internet. Access is usually done from a web browser, which enables the application to be used not only from a desktop computer or a laptop, but goes beyond, allowing the user to use the application even from mobile devices such as smart phones .

7) Scalability : The client does not have to worry about upgrading the computer equipment on which you are running the application using, nor by the operating system upgrade or installation of security patches, and it is the duty of the service provider this type of updates. In addition, they are transparent to the client, so that the application must still be available to the user at all times even when you are performing the upgrade process at the supplier. Updates and new features are installed almost immediately.

8) Concentrated efforts in business processes : As a result of the aforementioned advantages, the customer could focus more resources and efforts towards a more strategic and transcendent, that has a direct impact on the business processes of the organization, transferring to the supplier the responsibility for implementation, configuration and maintenance the infrastructure necessary to run the application.

 

Disadvantages :

1) Privacy :Understandably the perception of insecurity that generates a technology that makes information (sensitive in many cases), on servers outside the organization, leaving responsibility for the data to the service provider. The subject here is the privacy, since for many it is extremely difficult to trust your sensitive information to third parties and consider the proposals of the cloud computing threatens the vital information for business processes.

2) Availability : While it is true that the availability previously included as an advantage, it is a responsibility that falls solely to the service provider, so if your redundancy system fails and can not keep the service available to the user, this is not can take any corrective action to restore service. In this case, the client should wait for the problem to be solved at the supplier.

3) Lack of control over resources : By having all the infrastructure and even the application running on servers located in the cloud, ie at the supplier, the customer completely lacks control over resources and even on your information once it is uploaded to the cloud.

4) Connectivity :In a solution based on cloud computing, the client becomes dependent not only on the service provider, but also of your Internet connection, because the user must be permanently connected to the system to achieve that is in the cloud . 

5) Integration :Not at all easy or practical environments integrating available resources infrastructure through cloud computing systems developed in a traditional manner, so that this aspect should be taken into account by the client to see how feasible it implement a cloud-based solution within your organization.