Submitted By:Saptarshi Chakraborty(221130)Vikalp Mehta(221167)Utkarsh Kumar Singh(221156)Varun Tripathi(221163)

The practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer

Grid Computing Cloud Computing

Grids enable access to shared computing power and storage capacity

Grids are an open source technology. Resource users and providers alike can understand and contribute to the management of their grid

Computing centers are distributed across different sites, countries and continents

Clouds enable access to leased computing power and storage capacity 

Clouds are a proprietary technology only the resource provider knows exactly how their cloud manages data, job queues, security requirements etc.

The cloud providers often have private data centers which are often centralized in a few location

1.Services and infrastructure are maintained on a private network

2.These cloud offers highest level of security and control

3.But company has to maintain and purchase all software and reduces cost savings

1.Public cloud is the one where services and infrastructure are provided off site

2.Public cloud requires extra security and reliability

3.These platform offers greatest level of efficiency in shared resources

1. Includes a variety of public and private options with multiple providers

2. It allows you to keep each aspect at your business in most effective environment possible

3. One limitation is that you have to keep track of multiple different security platforms and ensure that all aspect of business can communicate with each others .

When using Saas , vendor can create a private cloud just for your company inside their fire wall . They provide you with a virtual private network for additional security