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What are the major concerns related to the privacy and security of data in the Cloud?

Some big concerns include:

a) Secure transfer of your data – No external attacks while the transfer of data from/to the cloud.

b) Location of your data – Geographical location of data.

c) Control of your data – Who has access to your data?

How would you define a Cluster?

Cluster is defined as a large group of computers that merge their capabilities and work as one. This aggregating of computational power is also called clustering of services. Each cluster is then referred to a single node in computing terms.

What is a Data Center?

A data center can be thought of as a collection of servers which hosts applications and storage space. Physically, a data center can be a big room full of servers that can be accessed from anywhere in the world via the internet.

What are the biggest concerns with a Mobile Cloud Client?

The two biggest concerns for a Mobile client are:

a) Security of data

b) Speed of data transmission

What are the advantages of using the public Internet for Cloud computing?

This model has the following advantages:

a) There is a large audience for this model.

b) It is highly fault-tolerant.

c) HTTPS-encrypted access provides privacy.

d) Many provider options are available.

e) It is cost-effective.