Small Scale Cloud Data Centers

Amazon: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers. Amazon EC2 is simple web service interface allows you to obtain and configure capacity with minimal friction. It provides you with complete control of your computing resources and lets you run on Amazon’s proven computing environment. Amazon EC2 reduces the time required to obtain and boot new server instances to minutes, allowing you to quickly scale capacity, both up and down, as your computing requirements

According to Lawrence Shawa, "a number of organizations I have spoken to have expressed concern about how secure their data is that is hosted in the cloud. There is sense of control that is taken from them making the organizations feel vulnerable" (Collection 2:1) Companies naturally feel a strong sense of obligation to protect their customers. Additionally, they may lose business if they have a reputation for compromising customer security.

“There is no longer a single right way to build out your data center,” says expert on network and Internet technologies David Strom. And he is right. Thanks to the countless choices available, a Colocation Data Center has more flexibility nowadays. However, they have also become more complex due to the constant growth of online applications and the accelerated virtualization of databases and cloud-based services.

With the starting of Internet era, most of the people and majority companies in the world became dependent on the services you could get to with a click of the mouse. The best example may be the free email (Gmail/Yahoo mail), the chat technology (Yahoo Messenger), Social Networking websites (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter). One can’t imagine life without them. That’s where the cloud was born. You need cloud data centers to run that stuff.

This purpose of this research report is to look at what cloud computing actually means in the business environment and how cloud computing’s used as a partial or complete replacement of organizational traditional system architecture could impact the prevailing organizational culture. This report will also help us understand the likelihood of cloud computing adoption in organizations as it’s relates to a particular holistic corporate culture model. The findings can support a convincing argument on why businesses should adopt a cloud computing strategy.

Question 1. What is the most appropriate Cloud Deployment model (or combination) for BPI (Public, Private, Community, or Hybrid)?

Cloud computing represents the next generation in the future of web enabled IT capabilities. Many major vendors such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, HP, and others now offer business solutions through the cloud as well as the iCloud provided by Apple and targeted to consumers. Although most of these products are offered as software as a service, the cloud as now consists of expanded capabilities that include items such as infrastructure as a service. One of the most successful versions of this technology has been provided by Amazon's Web Services (AWS) and other solutions from Amazon. This paper gives a brief overview of some of the latest developments regarding the scalability, manageability, and adaptability of some of these technologies.

Cloud computing facilities not only massive cost savings but also helps to increase the business continuity and agility. It is essential for SMEs to adopt this innovative technology due to the current economic constraints (Mell and Grance, 2009; Aljabre, 2012; Sultan, 2011). To adopt cloud they have the latest technology at hand which provide necessary tools to compete over the rivals and gain the competitive edge. SMEs staff can perform more innovative business operations rather not thinking much about the technical complexity.

The cloud is a network of servers, each with a different function. In the last five years, the cloud has introduced new ways of managing data; however it has made leaps and strides since it was first thought of. The idea of cloud computing stems from many people, however, Professor John McCarthy of MIT and Dr. J.C.R. Licklider are given credit for developing the concept. The history of the cloud dates back to the1950s. Back then, high-performance computers called mainframes were used. Mainframes were very large computers that took up entire rooms. Mainframe computers were also expensive. Because of this, organizations could not afford to purchase a new mainframe for each individual in their company. As a response, “time sharing” methods

• Reduced Cost: Cloud technology is paid incrementally (you pay just for what you need), sparing organizations cash in the short run. Cash spared can be utilized for other vital assets.

By the year 2020 about 25 billion devices across the United States will be using the internet. [1] Accommodating the massive amount of devices with internet coverage is a daunting task, but innovations being made for data centers are helping accomplish this task. More people are opening data centers throughout the United States to provide internet for all of the aforementioned devices. One common misconception about the growth of data centers is that they are growing in size, but the fact that refutes this is that micro technology and consolidation have become very popular topics for research and development, which have been making data centers stronger. Finding new and innovative ways to cool a data center is a trend in the industry that can make each individual rack more efficient and thus more lucrative. More trends include software driven infrastructure, internet of things, and alternative energy utilization. Data centers are vital in facilitating servers and computer systems, and the increase of the amount of data consumed, will come new advances and trends within the industry.

Cloud computing has rapidly increased their services for IT infrastructures solutions in the last years, reducing cost of investment of supplies and maintenance becoming a promising concept in the business and IT industry. The cloud provides shared data center, automatic upgrades, security and performance. However, cloud’s safety and standardization have been a challenge when different types of clouds need to be connected. Resource management issues as Quality of service (QoS) and the increasing of complexity and functionality failures are a constant in cloud computing environments, and should be considered by customer when looking for cloud solutions to adapt their organization’s requirements. This paper will explain the

With the need for more storage and backup we are looking for a storage cloud. Cloud is a place where you have unlimited place to store your data. Any place you go, you are on a cloud until you have an internet access to your smart phone or smart devices. Cloud computing is a trending technology in every sector. It is a computing phase in which various remote servers are interacted. In this we have a centralized data storage system on a cloud based wed storage system where anyone who has internet or Wi-Fi can access those resources. The clouds are classified as public cloud, private cloud and hybrid cloud. Private cloud computing is only for a private organization which offers the solutions to the problems being requested. Private cloud computing is privatized by itself by having its own hardware including servers, VM’s, hosts, network and their storage and thus providing service to users.

Our IP Network will be simplified to strip out cost and complexity by taking out layers of switching and routing and moving to a robust multi-tenanted network supporting multiple lines of business.

For this assignment, I am comparing four major cloud service providers. They are Amazon Web Services, AT&T Private Cloud, Google cloud, and CenturyLink cloud