This blog focused on the impact of cloud computing in multiple fields. The study focused on cloud computing and its impact on everyday processes. In particular cloud computing’s impact on computational analysis and business ecosystems, namely, nature biotechnology and information technology infrastructure.
The era of cloud computing is upon us and its exponential growth has had a ripple effect on the world as we see fit today. Solving some of the world’s most challenging problems. In the scientific community, reproducibility is of primary importance when considering credibility to a new finding. Which can pose a challenge to other colleges, practitioners, and policymakers in the scientific community. There have been a lot of innovative solutions to solving that very challenge. “ software tools that aim to standardize the creation, representation and sharing of computational ‘workflows’ that tie several software tools together into a single analysis. These workflow tools provide a way to represent discrete computational tasks (e.g., processing an input data file) as computational modules that can be connected into workflows by linking the output of one module with the input of another (e.g., the output from the input-data-processing module connects to the input of a data normalization module). Several of these tools allow researchers to build complex computational workflows through drag-and-drop visual interfaces and to share standardized representations of workflows” (Joel T Dudley & Atul J Butte, 2010).
Software exists of the idea previously mentioned and is being used in nature biotechnology today. Software such as GenePattern for looking at and analyzing genomic data. The Trident Scientific Workflow Workbench for oceanography.
The nature industry isn’t the only industry ripe for disruption. The business industry is experiencing a revolutionary transformation in business organizational processes, being brought upon by cloud computing. Cloud computing has allowed businesses to move away from management of data centers to focus finite resources like personnel and finances to core competencies” (Mark A. Goodburn and Steve Hill, 2010).
The book Financial Executive outlines the importance of cloud computing on smaller business. “Smallerplayers see the dynamic implications of a future unrestrained by the need to build extensive IT infrastructure. Cloud is bringing about transformational change in value chains, enabling companies to respond much more effectively to customer demand. Cloud networks are evolving, linking companies through complex, multiparty processes into single, virtual organizations.” (Mark A. Goodburn, & Steve Hill, 2010).