Cost-Benefit Analysis of Cloud Computing

This highly readable volume provides a comprehensive introduction to Cloud Computing and its principles. It also highlights challenges that start up companies or Small Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) face thereby analysing what Cloud Computing has to offer in this area. Business owners focus on profit. Cloud computing has been described as a way of improving the challenges of cost and improving the way businesses are run with emphasis on information technology. There are several questions that the author answers which include, what is the whole Cloud Computing Buzz about and does it really reduce business running costs and free up capital for investment? Has the Cloud failed at anytime and what are the consequences of such failures to businesses? Does it provide the levels of security that a company would require? What are Service Level Agreements (SLAs), does your Cloud vendor have one and what are the precautions necessary before signing one? A description of the basic things to look out for in an SLA, before signing with a particular vendor, is also outlined in this book. Several key considerations need to be taken into account before embarking on a Cloud Computing solution.