Dajasia Brown

Cloud Computing Information

1. What are cloud service providers?
 Cloud service providers are companies that offer cloud computing as a service.
2. What is Platform as a Service (PaaS)?
 Platform as a Service is when a third-party provider delivers different types of hardware
and software to people over the internet.
3. What are two (2) benefits of cloud computing?
 One benefit of cloud computing would be that it is cost effective. Since you don’t need
to pay for software licenses there is one set monthly fee.
 Another benefit would be that since all your data is stored and backed up on an external
drive far from your actual location, data retrieval would be relatively easy.
4. What is one (1) disadvantage of using cloud computing?
 A disadvantage of cloud computing would be that it requires internet. Which means that
if you don’t have internet at any given time that you need to use your cloud computing
services, you will have to wait until you are connected to access any stored data.
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Tech Target. February 2022. What is PaaS? What is PaaS? Platform as a Service
Definition and Guide (techtarget.com)

Secure Storage Services. (n.d). Pros and Cons of Cloud Storage. Pros and Cons of Cloud
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