APPLICATIONS OF CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTERS: ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

In the past few years, cloud computing has evolved to be a major trend for all levels of computer users and organizations. While it is important to take advantages of could based computing by means of deploying it in diversified sectors, the security aspects in a cloud based computing environment remains at the core of interest. This article mainly focused about characteristics, cloud libraries, advantages and disadvantages, use of technology, initiatives of cloud computing.