cloud computing

Amazon Elastic Cloud Computing (EC2)- Virtual Server in The Cloud

Shantha Kumari

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) provides scalable computing capacity in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. EC2 is a pay-as-you-go cloud service which allows organizations to overcome the hardware and installation costs required for computation in a large number of applications.

EC2 allows you to handle changing requirements, reducing your need for provisioning of both hardware and software resources. Plus, you can configure security and networking, manage storage demands on a as-needed-basis.

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Understanding AWS Global Infrastructure

Shantha Kumari

Amazon Web Services serves over a million customers with the count increasing every day. Having these many customers spread across the world, it is necessary to set up a global infrastructure that provides a cost effective, low latency and high performance service.

Amazon Cloud Computing, is inherently based on choosing a global region in the cloud, for moving your business applications. It affects all aspects of your business like computing, networking, application services, storage and content delivery. It also facilitates business continuity and disaster recovery, in case of unexpected or planned events occurring, both natural and man-made.

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Security and Privacy Challenges of Internet of Things (IoT)

Shantha Kumari

Internet of Things (IoT) refers to the ability of devices to connect and communicate with other devices over the Internet. It is estimated that by 2020, there will be 50 billion connected devices. Any new technology is now designed and built, keeping the Internet connectivity in mind.

Internet of Things is making its presence felt in multiple industries, which makes life easier, smarter and comfortable for business, companies and people who use them. But, there is the concern of losing your personal information to hackers, and having it used by to disrupt your life. Securing and protecting your personal data is top priority for these industries.

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