Cloud computing has evolved for the last seven-nine years and it brings data science benefits within reach of even small to medium sized businesses / organisations.
Data Science’s foundation is the manipulation and analysis of extremely large data sets; the cloud provides access to storage infrastructures capable of handling large amounts of data with ease.
Data science also involves running machine learning algorithms that demand massive processing power; the cloud makes available the high-performance compute that’s necessary for the task. The cloud makes the access to large company data affordable through competitive subscription pricing.
Cloud infrastructures can be accessed from anywhere in the world, making it possible for multiple groups of technical and non-technical people to share information they are working on regardless of location.
As we have already mentioned in previous sections we have a finely tuned understanding of anything in Data Science / Big data, giving us either capability to work in a static location, cloud based system remotely or a combination of the two.