Clouds for Document Management
CLOUDS Cloud services are on everyone's lips, even though they use technologies that have existed for a long time and are therefore anything but new. Every day, huge amounts of data and also programs are outsourced to the data cloud, the so-called cloud. The use of clouds offers impressive advantages, but also harbors dangers and risks. Cloud providers need gigantic infrastructures [...].
Cloud providers require gigantic infrastructures and are therefore major consumers of electricity.In connection with so-called cloud services, a basic distinction can be made between two categories: - Data storage - ServicesFor both categories, there are also three different modes: - Public use: "Public Cloud" - Private use: "Private Cloud" - Combination of public and private cloud: "Hybrid Cloud "In the following, both categories and the different modes as well as advantages and disadvantages of cloud applications are presented.Data storage in the cloudIn this case, customers are provided with storage capacities for data and documents on the Internet. Data transfer is usually encrypted, although the level of security can vary greatly. The offerings are varied and range from a few megabytes to terabytes. Storage services can be used in different ways depending on the offer. The focus is certainly on these three areas of application:- Data backup or data archiving -Data exchange with customers/partners - Outsourcing of production data in the sense of external data storageAll areas of application make sense because the costs for storage space in the cloud are comparatively low. This statement is measured by the fact that while the purchase of storage media appears cheap today, internal operating costs quickly increase the cost per gigabyte. Moreover, storage capacities in the cloud are available 24h and 7 days/week without incurring additional costs.Download the entire article as a PDF: Special Issue Document Management & Digital Printing 2013
