Internet Impact On Business Activities

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Cloud Storage: Effective or Gimmick? Jasmine Turngren Thomas Edison State University CIS-1070-GS001: Computer Concepts and Applications James Canonica 12/24/2023
What is Cloud Storage Pg. 2 Cloud storage is a remote data storage service through a third party. This off-site location offers access to any transferred information through either public internet or private network connection. The data is under the care of the third-party provider who hosts, secures, manages, and maintains the servers in which the data is stored. In turn, the services are compensated for in a financial agreement with the terms and conditions being laid out for both parties usually priced by degree of protection, amount of data, and length of time. There are three major types of cloud storage: file, block, and object storage. In file storage, data is saved in the familiar hierarchical format common for documents and the like on a computer. Block storage stores data in large, organized volumes called “blocks” and each block represents a different hard drive. Lastly, object storage, which manages all data as objects. Storing it in the format in which it arrives thus making it easier to analyze. Cloud storage, like any other option, has its pros and cons to being utilized. Some of the pros include the offhanded involvement. Being off-site and handled by a third party means it is one less task that must be delegated time and energy for. This will also give a reduced risk of data loss because of system failure, internal errors, or the like since it is stored and back up to external off-site location. This hands off approach, however, can be disadvantageous because it means someone else has control over the data. A lot of the decisions for how it is stored, accessed, and set-up are not left to the consumer but to the third-party host. It also adds a concern if data needs to be transferred to another cloud provider in the future. Known as ‘vendor lock-in' this tends to be an issue for medium to large sized companies more than personal or small business usage.
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