• Priya.B.R
• Dr.S. Dhanalakshmi

Cloud can be considered as one of the important emerging trends in the field of information technology. Now a days cloud computing is used in many online business services. Many small sized companies are now using cloud environment for the data storage and backup. Cloud technology is used in houses for doing the day to day activities. Cloud provides platform independency as the software required for the working of cloud need not to be installed in client’s computer. This helps many firms to establish their business very easily. Cloud computing is used in almost all fields like healthcare, education, mobiles, big data etc. Cloud computing offers many advantages to large number of users. This paper deals with the cloud computing architecture along with the advantages and disadvantages. A study on various applications which uses cloud computing is also performed.

Cloud computing, architecture, advantages, disadvantages, applications

"A STUDY ON CLOUD COMPUTING AS AN EMERGING TREND IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BASED ON ITS APPLICATIONS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.108-111, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAQ06023.pdf

"A STUDY ON CLOUD COMPUTING AS AN EMERGING TREND IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BASED ON ITS APPLICATIONS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp108-111, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAQ06023.pdf