A REVIEW TO ASSESS OPPORTUNITIES AND SECURITY RISK CHALLENGES IN CLOUD COMPUTING

Shikha Gupta, Anil K Saini

Abstract: In today’s competitive world, organizations are under increasing pressure to develop efficiently and convert their IT practices to achieve more with less. Cloud Computing is a flexible technology that can support a wide variety of application. In contrast to grid computing and clustering, cloud computing is service oriented, loosely coupled, TCP/IP based Business Model technology that provides high security and advantage of virtualization and strong fault tolerance. The purpose of the paper is to provide a review of the cloud computing concepts and challenges facing organizations in its adoption

Keywords: Cloud Computing, flexible technology, Business Model technology, virtualization

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0326003