Cloud Computing and Technology

Cloud Computing Governance There are many issues and implications that must be taken seriously when it comes to cloud computing. While the possibilities and capabilities that are newly or more significantly realized by cloud computing are fascinating and voluminous, so too are the security risks and ethical quandaries that can and do come up when it comes to the subject. With that in mind, this report shall cover two main topics that are related to cloud computing.

The first is how cloud computing is and should be influenced by corporate governance and the broad impact of cloud computing on mobile computing will be assessed as well. While there are immeasurable benefits and perks to moving to a cloud-based solution, there are security, logistical and ethical concerns that must be address.

Analysis When it comes to corporate governance, the main thing to keep in mind is that the laws and regulations that must be complied with become much more complicated and numerous when one is operating in a cloud-based environment. One could compare the days of Europe before the European Union and the way it is now, the recent Brexit vote notwithstanding. Indeed, there was a day where one could buy a ticket to another country in Europe but that did not mean that one could actually get there.

This was because each border would check the people and tickets held by the same. Indeed, people were not guaranteed to get to their destination. The cloud computing paradigm of today exists in much the same way and is subject to much the same limitations. To use a cloud computing example, there may be certain countries that a company does not have permission or rights to operate within.

As such, that company would need to make sure that the service is not functional from that location whether or not the country in question actively blocks them. This can be done through geo-tagging people's locations and other measures (Speed, 2016). As for the bridge and linkage between cloud computing and mobile devices, this is something that is intriguing as well. First off, one has to differentiate between the two as they are not the same thing, technically.

Conventionally, cloud computing is a technology or service that is transmitted through a distributed network and it is usually maintained by a specific vendor or company. On the other hand, mobile computing would be things like smartphones and tablets and their use of cellular or Wi-Fi signals to link to the internet. Another major difference between the two is that mobile computing is much more client- and customer-facing than cloud computing while the latter is much more related and oriented to business and organizational clients.

That all being said, cloud computing and mobile computing can work together seamlessly in that people that use cloud computing to access services and solutions and they can use mobile computing solutions while they do it (Technopedia, 2016). Conclusion In short, cloud computing and mobile computing.