The cloud

Advantage of the cloud

(a)   your data from anywhere in the world

Advantage of the cloud

Easily (a)   data with others

Advantage of the cloud

Regular (a)   performed by the storage provider

Advantage of the cloud

Cloud-based (a)   enable access to software on demand

Disadvantage of the cloud

You are dependent on having an (a)   connection

Disadvantage of the cloud

Some users have concerns about data (a)  

Disadvantage of the cloud

Data centre issues which prevent access to data is know as

• offtime

• downtime

• slowtime

• downgrade

Disadvantage of the cloud

The difficulty of changing cloud service providers is called

• lock-down

• lock-up

• lock-out

• lock-in

Advantage of the cloud

There are cost savings because

• You don't need additional physical hardware

• all cloud services are free

• No trained personnel to maintain hardware

• there's no charge if you exceed you storage allowance