The revolution in technical research has brought about the cloud computing technology, and it is one of the main factors influencing the researchers' new ways of working. The internet users can now access numerous computing resources, software packages and cloud services thereby eliminating the need for huge and costly computer centers.
Cloud computing makes it possible for researchers to have a sudden and huge increase in their resources which is a big advantage. Using the capabilities of the cloud, researchers are able to make their processing power as large or as small as they need for any particular project. This feature is especially appealing for the researcher who runs simulations, works with large datasets, or trains machine learning models. Moreover, another major advantage of cloud computing is the internet-based collaboration facility between researchers.
Ultimately, the cloud has proven to be a very cost-effective solution for both universities and research institutions, as they can charge only for their actual consumption. Furthermore, the data security provided by the cloud is better than that of the institutions' on-site data protection because of the latter's data encryption, data backup, and access control for authorized users only. But, guarding against these challenges is still a tough process—privacy of individuals, reliance on the cloud's service provider, and having stable connections to the cloud and its resources being some of them. However, the cloud's challenges have not deterred its adoption in technological research, rather it has facilitated the latter's speedy growth.
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