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Cloud Computing

Notes 2.1.12 Less Personnel Training is Needed

It takes fewer people to do more work on a cloud, with minimal learning curve on hardware and
software issues.

2.1.13 Improved Compatibility between Operating Systems

In the cloud, it is the data that matters, not the operating system. You can connect your Windows
computer to the cloud and share documents with computers running Apple’s Mac OS, Linux, or
UNIX.

2.1.14 Disaster Recovery

Organisations that rely on cloud based services, do not need any disaster recovery plans anymore.
Cloud computing providers take care of many issues and at a much faster and reliable speed. It
has also been observed that businesses that used cloud could resolve their issues much faster
than the other businesses that did not use cloud computing.

2.1.15 Improved Document Format Compatibility

There is absolutely no worry about whether the documents you create on your machine are
compatible with other user’s applications or operating systems. In a world where computer
running Word 2003 cannot open Word 2007 documents, all documents created by Web-based
applications can be read by any other user accessing that application. There are no format
inconsistencies when everyone is sharing documents and applications in the cloud.

2.1.16 Easier and Increased Group Collaboration

Cloud computing increases collaboration by allowing all employees – wherever they are to
synchronize and work on documents and shared applications simultaneously, and follow
colleagues and records to receive critical updates in real time.
Sharing documents leads directly to collaborating on documents. To people this is an important
advantage of cloud computing. It encourages the ability for multiple users to easily collaborate
on projects and documents.
Imagine that you, a colleague in your India office, and a consultant in London all need to work
together on an important project. With the help of cloud computing, each of you can access the
project’s documents at the same time. The edits and other modifications made by one user are
automatically reflected in the screen of the other users. The other users can therefore see the
edits and other changes onscreen which was not possible before cloud computing. Back then you
had to email the relevant documents from one user to another, and work on them in sequence.
Not so with It is all possible with cloud computing because the documents and other data are
hosted in the cloud and not on your individual computers. Thus for collaborating all you need
is a computer with an Internet connection and your work is done.
Faster completion of most group projects, with full participation from all involved is the actual
meaning of group collaboration becoming easier. It also helps in group projects across different
geographic locations. With cloud computing, anyone anywhere can collaborate in real time.

2.1.17 Universal Access to Documents

Cloud computing relieves you from the effort of carrying your documents and projects with
you all the time. With this technology you need not take your documents with you. Instead, they

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