Week 2 - Pros/Cons of Cloud Computing

Hello Cloud Bloggers!
Welcome to Week 2 of my BSIT 400 - Cloud Computing and Governance Course at Bellevue University.  This week we delve into the Cloud Models that are available to organizations.  The options that are available are Public Cloud, Community Cloud, Private Cloud, and the newer Hybrid Cloud.  These are options for organizations to take to host their data in different configurations based on the data they are planning to store.  Most of the cloud storage that users mingle with is on the Public Cloud.  These are usually where users find their Google Docs, Office 365, etc where their data is hosted by another company and you trust that company to protect your assets.

The most interesting Service that is offered in my opinion is the Hybrid Cloud.  This allows organizations to utilize both the Private and Public Cloud to their needs.  An example is utilizing the Public Cloud to host unclassified data and use that Cloud space as an authentication source for approved users to then access the Private Cloud where the more sensitive data is hosted.

Regardless it is very interesting how the Cloud realm is developing and essentially providing an a la carte solution to the average user and the corporation equally.

Until next week bloggers!!

Have a great week!!