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2. Characteristics of Cloud Computing

Activity 1 (Brainstorming): What are the trainees’ expectations of the advantages
and disadvantages of using cloud computing and its services?

• Advantages of using Cloud Computing

In addition to the advantages mentioned earlier in using cloud
computing, there are other advantages that this important
technology has. Therefore, this section briefly presents other
features related to cloud computing, which are as follow:
A. Available Resources

Where the customer can get benefit from the services and
capabilities provided by the cloud technology that suit his needs
of infrastructure without the need for these resources to be
physically available in his side.
B. Cost and Pay-as-you-go
One of the main benefits of using cloud computing is to reduce
the cost, as mentioned earlier. This is because instead of buying
different sources, which might be expensive and most probably
will not need to be fully utilized, the customer can pay according
to the amount he needs from the resources available as services
on cloud. You no longer have the burden of the payment and
installation because your cloud service providers such as Azure
Amazon web services can handle this on be you.
C. Self-service
It is possible to consider most of the resources and services
provided by the cloud as self-service. This means that with a
little experience, most people can easily configure and use cloud
resources and services according to their requirements and
instantly after completing the payment procedures for these
services.

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