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The History of Cloud Computing Systems: The Concerns, Benefits and Implementation
MIS 535: Managerial Applications of Information Technology
Professor Francois
Megan Purdy
Keller Graduate School of Management mpurdy77@gmail.com December 3, 2014

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Table of Contents
I. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………3
II. What is Cloud Computing…………………………………………………………3-5
III. Concerns……………………………………………………………………...........5-7
IV. Benefits…………………………………………………………………………...7-10
i. SWOT Analysis of Cloud Computing…………………………………..10-11
V. Implementation…………………………………………………………………..11-13
VI. Summary…………………………………………………………………………13-14
VII. References ………………………………………………………………………..15-17

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Introduction
In this course project, the technology that I chose to focus on is Cloud Computing and many of its varying elements. I would like to begin looking at its history and what cloud computing actually means to information systems. During my research of this phenomenon of the business and technology environment, I would like to also take a look at the impact that it has had on organizations and the longstanding effect on the information systems world as well. I would also like to take a look at some of the potential issues that may arise for an organization during their transition into using cloud computing while still keeping in mind and discovering the many benefits that can be attributed to it as well. Since the option of cloud computing offers such great flexibility for companies in its delivery of their information technology systems, it will be interesting to see why or why not some companies choose not to take advantage of this system. I also plan to discuss options and methods for the best way to implement cloud computing into an organization and its existing infrastructure.
What is Cloud Computing?
When approaching the topic of cloud computing and how it has impacted our world of technology and information systems, it is important to fully understand what cloud computing really is. Cloud computing is the new buzz term or popular concept in the world of information technology. In basic terms it is the concept of an organization being able to alleviate some of their responsibility by storing their data on an infrastructure belonging to a third party.

The History of Cloud Computing Systems Page 4 Cloud computing is a way for organizations to share their software, resources and information over internet based computing while being hosted and shared on virtual servers. (Griffith, 2013) It refers to hardware and software systems that are used in data centers as well as the applications that are delivered over the internet for the organizations using it. The services used in cloud computing are often referred to as Software as a Service or SaaS. (Armbrust, 2010) The data center’s hardware and software is what is referred to as a cloud. (Armbrust, 2010) It allows organizations to hand over the responsibility of managing their hardware and software systems to another party and only have to pay for the features that are used. Cloud computing is a way to encompass any type of subscription based or pay per use service that can help to extend the capabilities of an organization’s IT department. (Knorr, 2008) It is a way to store and access an organization’s data, programs and applications on the internet instead of in house on a hard drive or the local storage. With cloud computing, all of that data gets accessed over the internet and it can be done anywhere and at any time as long as there is an online connection. It can be accessed from the web browser of a laptop, hand held device like a tablet or mobile devices. Moving through personal computing has evolved over a few different phases. The first of these included where data and applications were stored solely

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