Cloud Computing for Exploring to Scope in Business

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Cloud Computing for Exploring to Scope in Business
The Cost and Management Analysis
Abstract─ In the competition based business world, business
companies want to excel in perspective of resources and
innovation. Businesses have to serve their customers faster and
better than ever before and empower their employees with latest
technology. Cloud computing facilitates business companies shift
their focus from resources and its management headache on
innovation to create business value. This paper explores the
benefits, as well as the drawbacks of Cloud computing within the
business realm based on SWOT analysis. By using Amazon’s
Cloud computing services as a model, this paper determines the
cost and management analysis to explore which types of
businesses would most benefit from using cloud computing as
part of their everyday operations. It is found that in most
situations small businesses reap the most benefits of cloud
computing having little security concern. Finally, future
proposition of cloud computing is given to overcome Cloud
threats and weaknesses for its optimal operations.
Index Terms─ Cloud Computing, Cluster Computing, Grid
Computing, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, SMEs, SWOT analysis, Cloud
Print, Amazon, Google Doc , Infrastructure.
I. INTRODUCTION
In the competition based business world, business companies
want to excel in perspective of resources and innovation.
Businesses have to serve their customers faster and better than
ever before and empower their employees with latest
technology.
Cloud Computing offers resources that is memory, processing
and storage facility to the businesses over the internet. Cloud
Computing facilitates business companies shift their focus
from resources and its management headache
on innovation to create business value. Cloud Computing is an
affordable technology and services according to company`s
requirements.
Cloud computing has taken over Commercial computing.
Cloud computing delivers self service compute, Self service
networking, Self service storage, Customer relationship
management and Big data analytics.
Little or massive business thinker have begun using Cloud
computing on a bigger scale and this is an after effect of
improvements in the area and distinct profits connected with
it. The days are gone when IT specialists enlist conventional
web facilitating administrations. In opposition to it, Cloud
computing offers pay-as-you-utilize model to reduce
undesirable expense to organization. Higher number of SMEs
(Small Medium Enterprises) discovered this improvement
extremely valuable as they can't stand to buy huge space for
capacity, applications and different assets. [1]
Key features offered by Cloud computing are cost-
effectiveness, performance, reliability, elasticity and agility.
The discussion in the research paper will be how Cloud
computing facilitates business companies or what is the scope
of Cloud computing in business environment. Which type of
business would most benefit from using Cloud computing?
Section II contains the literature review of Cloud computing
containing models and works in Cloud computing. In Section
Aizah Safdar
Department of Software Engineering
Fatima Jinnah Women University
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
aizahsafdar93@gmail.com
Ayesha Jabeen
asshhtheengineer@yahoo.com
Tahira Younas
tahira564@gmail.com

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III, the business impact of Cloud computing is analyzed by
SWOT analysis technique. Its Strengths, weakness,
opportunities and threats are analyzed. Section IV will cover
Cost and Management analysis considering Amazon web
service. Section V will encapsulate conclusion of the entire
discussion. Some future proposals are given in Section VI to
overcome its weaknesses.
II. LITERATURE REVIEW
Some essential administration models that are typically caught
up in Cloud computing are SaaS (software as a service), PaaS
(platform as a service) IaaS (infrastructure as a service) offers
distinctive level of office and control to organizations. SaaS is
a most straightforward route where off the shelf applications
are gotten to over the web. PaaS provide hardware and
platform software as a service so company has to provide its
own software application. For this organization needs to hire
engineer or developer. IaaS give equipment as an
administration and the working programming and business
application must be produced by the organization itself. For
this organization needs to contract IT experts and software
engineers. For this situation the up degree of programming is
headache of organization. [2]
Could computing is considered as evolution of Grid
computing. Grid computing is special case of client-server
computing where client-servers at different location are
connected with each other through wide area network
(WANs). Cloud computing is basically a combination of
cluster computing and grid computing. In cluster computing
servers are located in one location. [3]
There are a lot of experts IT organizations in India that offer
Cloud computing answers for the customers as per their
particular nuts and bolts. They have composed various
administrations for them like Cloud Framework, Cloud
Consultancy, Enterprise Mobility, Cloud Migration and many
more. [4]
IT experts are continually searching for the best answers for
enhance the usefulness of their business and run it effectively.
Cloud computing was as of late presented in the business
sector, which gave significant profits to the IT experts by
helping them to enhance the nature of their business for
boosting their benefits.
Cloud computing is a developing idea making its place into
the business situation. Significant goal of a business stays to
be creating benefits in such a route, to the point that add the
worth produced for the client. It can be attained through
coordinated and streamlined procedures, expanding benefit
and offering a superior answer for the client. Idea of cloud has
risen as a rescuer for the retailers (merchant of products or
stock in little amounts straightforwardly to customers) along
these lines modifying the fundamental IT design which
stayed unaltered for last numerous years.
III. SWOT ANAYSIS
For any company deciding to move on Cloud must consider
the following Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and
Threats (SWOT) analysis which also encapsulate the cost and
management impression.
Strengths
Cost effectiveness: Cloud computing offers resources that are
memory, processing and storage facility to the businesses over
the internet. Cloud computing is an affordable technology and
services according to company`s requirements. User has to
pay as per its usage unlike traditional rental implementation
which is costly for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
(SMEs). As SMEs has limited usage while the services
offered by rental implementation exceeds their specifications
so SMEs has to pay high on rental basis in case of lesser use
of services. So Cloud computing is best suited for them which
work on pay-as-you-go policy. [5]
No maintenance: On premises storage need hardware,
software, support, design, down time costs and all need to be
qualified and quantified. Using Cloud, Businesses do not have
to invest in buying servers, no up-gradation and maintenance
cost required as all is done by the service providers.
Unlimited storage capacity: Cloud computing provide almost
unlimited storage capacity to business. Storage can be
increased when required as no bound for storing information
in Cloud. [6]
Anti-virus: No anti-viruses are required for protecting data as
storage is done on Cloud servers which save us from
protection headache.
No personnel: As all the maintenance and up-gradation is
done by the service providers so companies do not need to
hire IT professionals and network administrators so eventually
cost of employment is reduced.
No licensing: No licensing fee for business software and anti-
viruses are required as software is available online and virus
protection is done by the service provider.
Mobility: There is no restriction on business premises from
Cloud computing as it can be accessible from everywhere via
internet. If a business migrate from one place to other, its
storage is not affected.
Access from everywhere: As Cloud can be accessible from
everywhere it just needs an internet connection to work so the
business employees can work remotely from anywhere
anytime. It allows access from any device i.e. PC, smart
phones and tabs etc via internet.
Software delivery and integration: No need for paying
expensive business software as software is available online.
No installation of software in device as software will open in
browser and all work is saved in Cloud that also does not

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require device memory to store data. Cloud computing
ensures automatic integration of software. [6]
Shared computer resources: Using Cloud computing business
can share its data internally and also with its outside partners.
Reliability: Reliability ensures data backup in case of
catastrophic failures.
Elasticity: Cloud computing facilitate businesses to scale their
services according to need and demand of clients. Cloud
servers grow with business. [6]
Platform compatibility: Cloud computing resolved the
compatibility issue between OS (operating systems). As cloud
is available online, user`s OS connects with Cloud and share
its data to other users OS through Cloud. [2]
Version control: Each device can access data from Cloud in
its compatible version like same MS Word document is
accessed by desktop computer and mobile device via internet,
both can read it in their compatible version.
Weaknesses
Rely on internet connection: Accessing data on Cloud is
reliant on internet connection. In case when internet
connection is down, business can not have access to its data.
Loss of physical control: Storing data on Cloud results in loss
of physical control over data. Business Company is unable to
know in which location the data is stored physically. [7]
Limited features in applications: Some features might be
lacking when using applications in Cloud like comparison of
making presentation in Google Doc and in Microsoft
PowerPoint, one may notice that Google Doc has lack some
features which are present in Microsoft PowerPoint. [2]
Incompatibility with other Clouds: A Cloud is not linked to
other Clouds. When we write document in Google Doc, it sits
there. Microsoft has its own Cloud. User has to move
document from Google Doc to Microsoft in order to form a
common link between them which is tedious for user.
Similarly, one has to move its data from Flicker (used for
storing photos) to Photoshop (photo editor) to edit photos and
then moving back to store the edit photo into Flicker server.
Lack of universal search: As Clouds do not talk to each other
so searching a Cloud will give its data. In order to search data
on other Clouds, one has to search all Clouds individually.
Opportunities:
Benefits to developing countries: Cloud computing has
significantly benefited the developing countries by providing
them facility to invest pay-as-you-go to receive the benefits of
information technology without the significant advance
investments that have impede past efforts. [7]
Agility and Flexibility: Cloud computing is welcoming change
with a smile. Because of its agility and flexibility it is
overcoming its weaknesses like [7] Amazon Web Services
(AWS) has announced Amazon Virtual Private Cloud that
allows a business to link its existing infrastructure to a set of
isolated AWS compute resources via VPN connection to
ensure physical control over data.
Continue to grow:
Cloud computing is an advancing innovation which is keeping
on growing by presenting most recent gimmicks like Cloud
Print where document reside on Cloud and one can give print
command from any device even from Tablet or mobile phone
via internet and the Printer attach to one of PC will print that
document.
Mashups: Mashups is another opportunity in Cloud
computing. In web development, a mashups is an application
in which data or functionality from external sources is
combined to create a new service in originally unintended
ways. [7]
Threats:
Vulnerable to attack: when information is stored in Could,
the companies` data become vulnerable to external hack
attacks and threats, so there is always the lurking possibility
of stealth of sensitive data. Hackers may have access to data
on Cloud which might be dangerous for Business Company.
[6]
Security: The major issue of Cloud computing is data can be
unsafe. Businesses have to surrender their privacy. It is really
hard to trust Cloud to store confidential business data into it.
Data can be accessed by unauthorized person. Considering
advantages of Cloud we have to compromise over security
aspect. Storing data to one`s place need access of data by
them. [2]
IV. COST and MANAGEMENT
ANALYSIS CONSIDERING
AMAZON
As resources and IT infrastructure of every organization is
different. Cloud computing shifts the infrastructure to the
network so that overall cost regarding hardware and software
resources management is reduced [8]. Cloud Computing [9]
has become very popular between the customers because it is
the new trend of computing where readily available resources
are exposed as a services. Cloud Computing is a way to
improve the businesses. Cloud computing [5] significantly
improves the small business as compared to large scale
business. Large firms have security issues and complex
functionality so using cloud computing is not healthy for their
business and small firms have minute security issues so they
use cloud computing system.
Making utilization of Cloud computing effectively and
productively in a business cannot just expand benefits for an
organization by permitting contracting of fewer workers for
tremendous work; however it can likewise build the profit of
an organization by diminishing work cost. Representatives
probably won't have to hold up for its parts to assemble to

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take a shot at a solitary undertaking, rather they can drive to
the cloud through the Internet to work from wherever.
Let consider Amazon Cloud computing services for cost and
management overview: Amazon Cloud computing services
are used to give better idea of the uses of cloud computing in
enterprise. Amazon’s Cloud computing administrations are
one of the best accessible. Amazon has diverse extensions of
its organization in seven separate nations. Amazon`s stage
incorporates the web administrations. Moreover, Amazon
gives its clients or dealers with web benefits that they can use
to have simple access to archives, offer documents and
applications, and in addition store reports in the cloud.
Talking a more intensive take a gander at a percentage of the
administrations that Amazon offers will help figure out what
the business advantages of distributed computing are and who
profits the most from these administration.
For organizations looking to decrease staff in light of
restricted assets or reductions, Cloud computing can take on
the hero's role. The utilization of Cloud computing will permit
organizations to cut the expense of various representatives for
an undertaking that can be finished by a couple of workers
through the utilization of distributed computing [10].
Moreover, as a consequence of the diminished measure of
equipment required, business can cut the quantity of
operations faculty once expected to oversee equipment. In any
case, while administration may see this point as advantage, for
those working in IT divisions this issue would be seen as a
negative. What’s more, is that by utilizing Amazon`s
administrations, the equipment necessities can be expanded or
diminished inside minutes, making the administration
versatile for its clients [5].
Amazon offer its customers several cloud computing services
which they can use to have easy approach to data in the cloud.
First, Elastic cloud computing web services has advantages
for customers which are flexibility, decreased costs, elasticity
and reliability. Another service stores business information
securely in the cloud. In this way, many firms can save money
instead of buying various powerful servers for storage.
Amazon cloud computing decreases the cost and increases the
benefit and also makes stronger relationships between the
firms. Amazon Elastic web service [11] can decrease the cost
of new severs, and new administration and management [12].
So by reducing this cost business is able to reduce the amount
of space, equipment, and energy needed to run the same
business only cheaper and more efficiently. Furthermore [10],
it enables businesses the ability to provide standardized and
lower cost services [11]. Cloud Computing help businesses to
cut the cost of employees for a task that can be completed by a
few employees [10]. Amazon [13] allow for the customers to
pay for the services used. Particularly, Amazons Elastic Block
Store only charges $0.10 per gigabyte of storage and $0.10 per
million IO transactions.
Cloud computing management presents a new environment
and new situation for users to keep alert on their applications
and data. Open mists are overseen by open cloud
administration suppliers, which incorporate people in general
cloud environment's servers, stockpiling, and systems
administration. Software tools are required to manage the
private cloud which helps to create a virtualized group of
compute resources, provide self service entry for end users
and handle security. In hybrid cloud environments, compute,
network and storage resources must be managed across
multiple domains, so a good management strategy should start
by defining what needs to be managed, and where and how to
do it. Cloud management tools help to make sure that
resources are working optimally and properly interacting with
users and other services.
V. CONCLUSION
On the basis of SWOT analysis made above, it is concluded
that strengths of Cloud Computing outweigh its weaknesses.
Cloud Computing has significantly benefited SMEs by
providing them reliable services at flexible prices. For cost
savings and to increase business value, more and more
companies are turning to Cloud Computing. Companies today
are adopting cloud computing as a more efficient and agile
way of building their information technology platform. Cloud
computing is best for company with no security concern. The
company has to compromise over the security threat in order
to get fully facilitated with the Cloud services. It is
recommended for companies looking into Cloud computing to
consider the SWOT analysis to make the best suitable
selection.
VI. FUTURE PROPOSITION
In order to overcome weaknesses and threats some proposition
is presented based on the SWOT analysis made above. As
Clouds are not linked with each other we proposed creation of
unified storage space for users' somehow private server space.
User should assign an ID and Password. On connection the
server should connect to the private server at the backend in
which Clouds are linked up. Private Server space can provide
the facility of editing and updating of photos to both Flicker
and Photoshop.
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