One cloud-based service that I use is Google Drive. Google Drive is a place to store files and has synchronization services. Google Drive lets users store files in the cloud. This service would not work as well if it was not used in the cloud because the cloud is responsible for storing all of the files on the program. Some advantages of this program being on a distributed network would be that it can be accessed from other devices, and it would be easy to share files with others. There are some concerns about using this cloud-based service is that all of the files are in one place. If a hacker were to gain access to the user’s password and information, they would have access to all of the user’s personal files. The cloud makes it easy to access other files on Google’s programs such as docs, slides, and sheets. This feature makes it easy for users to access files easily.
Another cloud-based service I use is Zoom. Zoom is a service that allows users to use video and audio conferencing through a computer. The program allows users to record the meeting so it can be watched at a later time. This program would not work well not on the cloud because it would not be able to store all the files in one place. Some advantages to having this program on a distrusted network are faster performance and latency. If there were multiple computing networks then joining, saving, and connections would work at a faster speed. When downloading the recording to computers having a distributed network would make the downloading faster. Some concerns of using this cloud-based program are that it would be easy for hackers to access the meeting recordings and the latency would be slower.