CONTENTS

ABSTRACT
1.
Introduction
...01
2.

What

is

cloud

computing?

.......................................................................02
3.

Types

of

clouds..03
3.1

Public

cloud03
3.2

Private

cloud...03
3.3

Hybrid

cloud

..04
3.4community
cloud.04

4.

Cloud

Computing

Models..05
4.1Software as a Service (SaaS).
..05
4.2

Platform

as

Service

(Paas)

05
4.3 Infrastructure as a Service (Iaas).
05

5.

Key

legal

issues..07
5.1

Protection

of

information..

..07
5.2
Liability..10
5.3 Performance Management.
11
5.4 Ending arrangement...
12

6.

Other

legal

issues...14
6.1

Introduction

of

harmful

code.14
6.2

Change

of

control

and

assignment/novation.14
6.3

Change

term

at

discretion

of

the

provider..14

7.

Application

of

foreign

laws

and

transborder

data

transfer...15
8. Fault
tolerance16
9. Methodologies of fault tolerance in cloud
computing.17
9.1 Reactive fault tolerance.
17

9.2 Proactive fault tolerance.

...18

10.
Security19
11. Methodologies of security in cloud
computing..19
11.1 Encryption and key
Management19
11.2Identity and Acess
management...22

12. Cloud Computing

Benefits.24
13.
Demerits..25
14. Applications of cloud computing.
..25
15.
Conclusion.............2
6
References.
26