My Cloud Computing Reflections

MCCR: Introduction


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My Could Computing Reflections

Week 1: Introduction


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Welcome to my Could Computing reflections. My name is Charles Roberts. For about the next 8 weeks, I’ll be uploading podcasts like this to reflect upon what I learned from other podcasts such as cloud cast and cloud cast basics. I will be covering what new topics I learned, how it challenges my initial thoughts or beliefs, and how it applies to my personal or professional life.

 

This week, I listened to the introduction to cloud cast basics, by Aaron Delp and Brian Gracely. This podcast is dedicated for those who are unfamiliar with cloud computing and how it works. It was designed with people such as network admin coworkers and bosses in mind. Aaron and Brian made the promise that each episode will have three major components, what a certain terminology is, why we should care, and how it creates business value. Although the introduction is only 5 minutes long, I still learned some valuable interesting information.

 

Cloud Cast Basics briefly stated that Amazon Web services features over 180 different services. These services include Elastic Cloud Compute  EC2, Relational Database Services RDS, Simple Storage Service S3, and much more. In 2016 Steven C. Dudash wrote a report titled department of defense and cloud computing. In this report he concluded that gaining access to cloud services can reduce the cost of IT infrastructure exponentially, since you only pay for what is need and scale according to growth. Since Amazon Web services is initially free, that in theory means anybody can have a piece of IT infrastructure wherever they go.

 

To close out this podcast, Cloud cast basics is a proper start to learning cloud computing for anyone with a hint of curiosity. It applies to not only start up business, but also enterprises and governments. I had not been involved in cloud computing back when I was studying for my bachelor’s degree. Since using cloud servers like Amazon Web Services is free, I will start utilizing these services in the future. I had an idea of my own software business where I can hire other computer programmers, but it comes with a lot of security risks and expenses. I can mitigate these risks with a cloud server where my workers can store and exchange emails, files and applications securely.

 

That’s all for now, talk to you soon, and thank you. Podcast out.

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