The Cloud and Big Data

Question 1

What year did Salesforce begin?

Answer 1

1999

Question 2

What year did amazon web services begin?

Answer 2

2006

Question 3

What is the cloud?

Answer 3

A network of servers; internet-based computing, shared processing resources and data on demand; store data in 3rd party data centers

Question 4

1 exabyte

Answer 4

4.2 million MacBook pros

Question 5

Skeptics of the cloud

Answer 5

Cost, security, regulation

Question 6

Big Data

Answer 6

Traditional (human) processing apps are inadequate

Question 7

3 V’s

Answer 7

Volume, velocity, variety

Question 8

Why is cloud special?

Answer 8

Scale of cloud (millions of computers networked together); persistent/publicly available (on-demand)

Question 9

Key to the cloud

Answer 9

Users always have a connection; concept came around in 1950s but useless bc dial up

Question 10

Software as a Service

Answer 10

You don’t install or own software outright, you just pay money to use from time to time

Question 11

Amazon Web Services

Answer 11

Rented out computer space to anyone

Question 12

Small business benefit to hosting in the cloud

Answer 12

Scalability

Question 13

Total internet traffic for 2016

Answer 13

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