MMSL 2014, 83(2):59-66 | DOI: 10.31482/mmsl.2014.010

BENEFITS OF CLOUD COMPUTING IN BIOMEDICINEReview article

Petra Marešová1*, Vladimír Soběslav2, Kamil Kuča ORCID...3
1 Department of Economic, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralové, Rokitanského 62, 500 03 Hradec Kralové III, Czech Republic
2 Department of Information Technologies, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralové, Rokitanského 62, 500 03 Hradec Kralové III, Czech Republic
3 Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralové, Rokitanského 62, 500 03 Hradec Kralové III, Czech Republic

Currently, Biomedicine is characterised by a growing need for processing large amounts of data in real time. This leads to new requirements for information and communication technologies (ICT). Cloud computing offers a solution to these requirements and provides a lot of advantages such as cost savings, elasticity and scalability of using ICT.The aim of this paper is to explore the concept of cloud computing. Firstly, the forms of cloud computing are described. Secondly, the potential benefits and limitations of Biomedicine technology are discussed. Finally, the current (present) situation of using this technology in Biomedicine in the Czech Republic from an economic point of view is analysed.

Keywords: Cloud computing; benefits; limitations; bio-medicine

Received: April 14, 2014; Revised: May 2, 2014; Published: June 2, 2014  Show citation

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Marešová, P., Soběslav, V., & Kuča, K. (2014). BENEFITS OF CLOUD COMPUTING IN BIOMEDICINE. MMSL, 83(2), 59-66. doi: 10.31482/mmsl.2014.010
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