Three-tier Server/Client, The Cloud and it's security risks
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Server side computing has been a more affordable and practical technology than its precursor token ring or mainframe. This allows you to have processing power with the end user with the options to upload to a file server. This also allows you to share networks, files, back-ups and remote updates. The internet pushed this concept of sharing information creating newsgroups, blogs, and grid computing which is basically sharing processor utilization among a number of users for a common goal. The Cloud, which is synonymous with the internet, became a common phrase which infers that everybody can keep files and records in a trusted site. So what is the difference between uploading a file to a file server and uploading a file to a cloud? Is there any security once the data goes across the backbone of the internet?
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Originally there were Mainframes which kept all the storage and processing in a local setting. Server/Client technology allowed some storage and processing with the end user allowing greater productivity. Web applications soon found a home in the local office as well as online communities and became a widely accepted standard. This developed the push to share files and applications online. Server side technology allows a greater sense of security but Cloud computing can take a lot liability out of the hands of the business owner. Servers put processing power into the end user and The Cloud put the processing into a worldwide grid computing setting.
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Before we can answer that question we need to understand an older concept of mainframes. All the processing and storage is kept on a mainframe thus leaving the user behind a dumb terminal that can telnet into the system. Mainframes are expensive and if there is trouble either with the network, software, or hardware all of the system tasks come to a halt. With a server/client technology there are many redundant servers with many pathways. Plus processing can still be done with the end user allowing limited productivity. Web applications soon found a home in the local office as well as online communities and became a widely accepted standard. An interesting point about ...
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