1. What business benefits do cloud computing services provide? What problems do they solve?

When a firm needs additional computing power, storage space, or virtual resources, cloud
computing offers unparalleled scalability. Businesses can scale up or down fast, easily, and cost-
effectively because they only pay for the resources they use.

Cloud backup, also known as remote backup, is a data backup technique that keeps a duplicate of
the company's data on a remote server that promises continuous uptime. In the case of a
catastrophe, such as the failure of their primary servers and the loss of their data and files, this
service gives businesses the assurance that all their data is accessible on the distant server.

Service-based software removes the requirement that companies purchase software that must be
installed and maintained on their own systems altogether. Instead, users access the software from a
centrally hosted place over the internet. This on-demand model, which requires the company to pay
a subscription, offers a flexible way to use top-notch software without the usual drawbacks like high
costs and the requirement for extra storage space.

2. What are the disadvantages of cloud computing

Reboots, network outages, and downtime are just a few examples of the technical issues that the
cloud, like any other IT system, may encounter. These occurrences have the potential to cripple
business operations and procedures and cause financial harm. 

The cloud infrastructure is owned, operated, and monitored by the cloud service provider. You won't
have much control over it as the customer. You will be able to administer the cloud-based services,
data, and applications, but you won't often have access to perform important administration chores
like managing firmware or accessing the server shell.

3. How do the concepts of capacity planning, scalability, and TCO apply to this case? Apply these
concepts

To ensure that appropriate computing resources are available for work of various priorities and that
the company has enough computing power for its present and future demands, capacity planning is
the process of determining when a computer hardware system will become saturated.

Scalability is the capacity of a system, product, or computer to expand and accommodate many
people without malfunctioning. Scalability is the capacity of a system, network, or process to handle
an increasing volume of work effectively or to grow to accommodate that expansion.

Total Cost Ownership (TCO) is a financial estimate intended to help buyer and owners determine the
direct and indirect cost of a product or system.

Amazon must demand hardware capacity planning and scalability for all of its subscribers in addition
to its own requirements. Overestimating would have an impact on Amazon's financial assets while
underestimating would result in shortages for its own business and subscribers. If the service is
down too frequently, it can give the wrong impression that Amazon can't handle it. It is a significant
responsibility to estimate scalability for such a broad and diverse range of user counts without
failing. Amazon must maintain the total TCO of its services while also making sure it can make
money from them. Subscribers to the services benefit from not having to worry about these things
and from not having to deal with TCO problems.

4. What kinds of businesses are most likely to benefit from using cloud computing? Why?
Data security businesses can tremendously benefit from cloud computing since they can constantly
transfer their clients' files around, making them much harder to detect and hack.