The United States Government Accountability Office And M. D. Bowles

To understand the future of cloud computing, one must first have some knowledge of what cloud computing is. This new trend in information technology is swiftly becoming one of the most used trends in computing. Cloud computing at its basic level is the replacement of all personal computers with “dumb” terminals that have no software or complex operating systems on them. Instead, these terminals connect to a World Wide Web in which applications reside alongside your data (Bowles, 2014). This paper will delve into the world of cloud computing from the perspectives of C. S Yoo, The United States Government Accountability Office, and M. D. Bowles. Of course with any new technology there is advantages and disadvantages to their use. An attempt

Computers today run applications through software, and accesses data that is stored locally on the hard drive. In cloud computing the application is stored in the data center rather than stored on the computer’s hard drive. Yoo concurs stating that, “transferring applications and data into data centers drastically simplifies the functions that must be performed by the machines owned and operated by end users.” (p. 407). Cloud computing is a replacement concept for software and the services the end-user already have, allowing them to purchase the services from a cloud provider in an as needed

This disadvantage shows that while the cloud is good for limited applications such as email, it could never alone represent the future of computing, because some applications need to be run on a personal computer for them to be effective (Bowles, 2014). Bowles went on to state that “productivity in a cloud would be at a standstill in an Internet outage. The data might not be loss, however access to the user’s data and information would be suspended.” (chap.9, section4).
Yoo, and Bowles agree that despite the disadvantages of cloud computing, this trend is rising at an amazing rate. One might add that with all the advancements in technology, cloud computing will always have a place in IT. The future of cloud computing is solid as long as the Internet exists. Because while Internet access is needed to access the cloud, the user’s data will always be available wherever they go, thus the name the cloud, it is called the cloud because the operating system is online rather than the computer hard drive (as mentioned earlier) (Padilla, 2014). In conclusion it should be added that cloud computing is very convenient in networking and data storage. Despite the disadvantages, the cloud can be a very efficient way to store data and information. If the U.S. government has applied the cloud and found it safe and secure for their top-secret data, then it has to be successful, even with the minor