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Will the ‘cloud’ last forever? An investigation into the sustainability of digital storage mediums with reference to digital photography. Introduction Cloud storage is where data is stored in multiple digital servers off-site (Elmroth et al. 2013). Data is uploaded through the Internet and storage is duplicated between different locations they offer a relatively secure location for the storage of data because if one storage mechanism fails the data can be sourced from another store (Wang et al. 2013). Technically therefore for as long as the hardware is continually updated this offers the most sustainable digital storage medium offering ease of access and a low risk of data corruption. However a challenge of this form of data storage is that the control of the data lies with a third party and this can mean it is vulnerable to attack from malware or for access problems to arise should the provider fail problems with it so far “especially when using large well known/backed-up cloud storage”. The agency has all files and production assets “backed up on local in studio machines” as well as “central local hard drive” to protect against cloud storage deficiencies. From this interview I can see that Natalie and the HuddleCreative agency has positive views and opinions on the cloud and use it in their business which shows a reliability and sustainability as companies are finding it easy to use cost effective and are recommending it to other companies. Overall I found that the results from the surveys and interviews conducted show a positive energy towards cloud storage however theres still a large amount of people who don’t use the cloud stated in their answers that it was “unreliable” and they would be far happier using external hard drives instead of putting their work and trust into the cloud. [...]
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I have written the literature review on my dissertation (is only 6000 words in total) but I am struggling with analysing the results, discussing and making a clear, strong, structured conclusion. Graphs I have made in this do not represent the final ones, more info will be added.
Subject Area: Arts
Document Type: Personal Statement
