Cloud Computing

“Cloud computing is the delivery of ICT services over the internet on demand.”

– Department of Communications, Australian Government

Fundamentals

IBM explains cloud computing, its origins, components, services, types of clouds and much more in this extensive article.

Cloud Computing Impacts

Webpage The Staggering Ecological Impacts of Computation and the Cloud Steven Gonzalez Monserrate, MIT Press

Anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate draws on five years of research and ethnographic fieldwork in server farms to illustrate some of the diverse environmental impacts of data storage.

Security of the Cloud

Document ‘Australia’s Privacy Principles and Cloud Computing: Another Way’ Communications Law Bulletin, Vol 33.1

Published in the Communications Law Bulletin, Vol 33.1, Kanin Lwin considers the applications of new APPs to the cloud computing industry.

Webpage Risks of Cloud Computing Edith Cowan University

This place goes through the potential risks of cloud computing on the economy.

Additional Resources

Document Cloud Computing and Privacy Consumer Factsheet Australian Department of Communications

This document explains cloud computing and provides information around relevant laws for cloud computing for consumers.

Webpage ARDC Nectar Research Cloud Australian Research Data Commons

ARDC provides a national cloud service for research purposes in Australia. This page goes into detail on its use cases and how it works.

Document Cloud Computing and Privacy Small Business Factsheet Australian Department of Communications

This document explains cloud computing and provides information around relevant laws for cloud computing for small businesses.