Question

Compared to in-house hosting, cloud-based hosting ________. Group of answer choices A) provides better visibility of security and disaster preparedness capabilities B) minimizes the risk of investing in technology that will soon become obsolete C) provides greater control over the location of data D) requires asignificant amount of capital E) requires significant development effort

Answer 1

Answer: Cloud based hosting minimizes the risk of investing in technology that will become obsolete soon.

Explanation:

Cloud hosting is the process whereby an organization outsources its storage resources and computing to a service provider where its infrastructural services is offered in an utility model. It is the function of the cloud provider to oversee the setup, maintenance and security of the cloud infrastructure while sometimes allowing the clients to customize applications and servers online.

Cloud resources are pooled together because many organizations make use of the same physical hardware. Cloud based hosting has no obsolesce but it has a high dependency on the vendor.

Cloud based hosting reduces the risk of investing in technology that will become obsolete soon.