Cloud Computing: The challenges of software business

Abstract

Recently, the services on the Internet are provided in many different forms. The computing technology on the cloud so-called Cloud Computing is one of the very interesting technologies. Though it is not a new player, but it significantly affects the way that many companies in software industry do the business. Hosting and the service on the Internet in the form of cloud computing reduce the total cost of ownership for the user and the advanced plan of the resources when the business expands. Small businesses can adjust the resource according to the usage by the time it has to. Furthermore, cloud computing also creates the challenges in information system development in software industry worldwide. However, the development of cloud computing still has its pro and con that the users and software developers should concern. In this paper, we discuss the concept and the architecture of the cloud computing, the comparison between cloud computing and grid computing, and the services on the cloud computing, the risk in Cloud Computing, and the changes in the software industry. As a result, this paper provides the vision on the business investment and points the future of software industry and challenges on the software business.