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Dirik Hameed
A new method of interconnected information systems is taking commerce by storm. As corporations converted to computer technology they experienced an initial rush of productivity, but over time this seeming panacea began to show flaws. A new process purports to resolve them, but before plunging in, businesses need to understand what they stand to gain from the use of cloud servers. Implementing a trial from a cloud hosting provider is a large undertaking. A demonstration using simulated data and programs, however, will not challenge the system adequately. To discover how well it will work, it must be evaluated under the constraints of real operations. Companies considering a change realize the digital revolution was progress, but certain things are eerily similar to the days of hard copy. Document files have been replaced by storage devices, but it still takes time and space to store, retrieve and present data. Though it takes only seconds for such retrieval on a desktop, the data must be uploaded, which means the disk or other storage device has to be found, retrieved and inserted. Since hard copy records have shifted to digital form, the notion that storage could be problematic seems insignificant. But as programs become larger and point of sale or site statistics are collected and transmitted, ever greater capacity is required. All of the machines storing it must have protection, physically and in cyber space, and they must have back-up power supplies as well. Working memory is always at a premium because the more that becomes available, the more new programs require. The real concern is not just that more space is needed, but the devices require infrastructure. Security for sensitive or proprietary knowledge to prevent outright theft, damage or denial of service can not be ignored. Every machine with this valuable information must also be physically safe and have back-up power supplies. When projects are spread over distances using the World Wide Web, it is easy to transmit and receive copies that have been manipulated, corrected or improved. But the ability to work in concert on the same problem over vast distance or even within the same building has not been available. This is the new concept for managing an entire corporations information technology, with a significant monetary savings as incentive. Up until now the best a group can do when tackling a problem together is to parse the problem between them and individually make their inputs and conclusions. In modular format then the pieces are put back together. This is a time consuming approach, and when the input or assumptions conflict, there may be the need to re-accomplish work. For all the other members to get the updates, time must be set aside for incorporation of all the individual input, much like the old way. The premise of an innovative information technology paradigm shift is to have a central server host all the data, software and applications, and multiple remote users have access to it simultaneously or independently. Determining how much better collaboration is when there is no need to replicate original and update information is the proposed advantage for switching to cloud servers.
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