Cloud Computing Services for Students

What is Cloud Computing?

• Method that allows users access to remote devices, data, & services hosted in a “virtual environment” • Devices, data, & services are

accessed though the internet • Resources are shared

amongst clients, similar to a electricity grid for utilities except this is over a network

Weighing out Cloud Computing

Benefits:o Cost reduction on utilities bill & be

energy efficiento Allows effective computing by

centralizing data storage, processing, and bandwidth

o Great for redundancy & disaster recovery plan

o Cost reduction on in house IT staffo Remote access to data at off hours

• Disadvantages:o Loss of data control to another

partyo Risk of losing Internet

connection affecting Availabilityo Limited resources for

customizations due to costo Privacy

Cloud Storage for NOVA Students

Cloud Storage is a market that opened up due to Cloud Computing: Students are encouraged to use “virtual” space for

storing files Eliminate single point of failure Files are accessible from any device as long as internet

connection is present Software's are free and provide sufficient amount of

starting space Designed to be very user friendly

Recommended Softwares/Apps for Students:

Box is a secure online file sharing platform to manage & collaborate various files, audio, video, or zip files

Personal Plan is recommended for students:

Recommendation…

As we know, all NOVA students have an abundant amount of cloud storage provided by Google Drive

IF Google drive was not the default, from my Research I prefer to recommend Copy by Barracuda for students.

Why Copy? Offers the most amout of space for free account No max file size limit Very user friendly interface for drag & drop feature (functionality & useability) Great documentation/customer servicehttps://techlib.barracuda.com/COPY/Copy