A senior director of strategic accounts at Oracle Corporation and published author in the field of IT management, Antoine Chaya has been working at Oracle for over a decade. Antoine Chaya is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he earned both an MBA and a PhD in IT management before joining Oracle.
Oracle is one of the early leaders and current giants in cloud computing, a buzz word that has gotten a lot of attention but leaves many people wondering just what exactly it is.
Q: What is cloud computing?
A: Conceptually, it refers to the use of distributed networks to provide on-demand computer system resources. In practical terms, it’s used to describe data centers that are available online such as Google Maps. When people access Google Maps, computing occurs on the cloud and information is sent to their device rather than the database being loaded onto the device.
Q: What are the benefits?
A: Individuals and organizations with limited access to IT staff and computing resources can benefit greatly from cloud-based services that provide software applications as a service, rather than have to invest in an entire data center.
Q: Are there any risks?
A: The risks mostly pertain to poor-quality services - some providers are better than others, and sometimes it’s not obvious which would be the best choice. The wrong cloud solution may turn out to be detrimental to an organization if it becomes over-reliant on an unstable provider.
Oracle is one of the early leaders and current giants in cloud computing, a buzz word that has gotten a lot of attention but leaves many people wondering just what exactly it is.
Q: What is cloud computing?
A: Conceptually, it refers to the use of distributed networks to provide on-demand computer system resources. In practical terms, it’s used to describe data centers that are available online such as Google Maps. When people access Google Maps, computing occurs on the cloud and information is sent to their device rather than the database being loaded onto the device.
Q: What are the benefits?
A: Individuals and organizations with limited access to IT staff and computing resources can benefit greatly from cloud-based services that provide software applications as a service, rather than have to invest in an entire data center.
Q: Are there any risks?
A: The risks mostly pertain to poor-quality services - some providers are better than others, and sometimes it’s not obvious which would be the best choice. The wrong cloud solution may turn out to be detrimental to an organization if it becomes over-reliant on an unstable provider.