Many of us use it. We utilize it in most of our day to day activities. Do you ever use web based email? Do you check or update statuses on Facebook? What about using iCloud for your music? These are just a few examples but all of these use cloud computing.
Not to long ago data for companies and businesses had to be stored in house on servers. If the servers were acting up or went down then the business wouldn't have access or be able to retrieve the data. Cloud computing changed and revolutionized that process. Some companies are using private clouds and some are trusting in public clouds. Cloud computing allows for companies to retrieve and process data at a much faster speed. Moreover cloud computing is much more reliable. If someone tries to access the information from a cloud network, they will have access to multiple servers because the companies data is duplicated across a group of servers. This creates a more dependable process so business doesn't have to slow down.
Cloud computing is changing technology and allowing our personal or business data storage systems to become smaller and smaller. With the growing need for access to data and applications in business many companies are investing a third of their IT budget into cloud computing. Many companies believe that everything will move to cloud computing over the next few years, because it can be utilized for conferencing, web based email, and data storage.
In essence our world will soon use cloud computing for everything. What could be next? Will we eventually not ever have to have a CPU at all? Will we not have to come in contact with anyone? Will we never have to have books again?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2012/04/11/more-than-one-third-of-it-budgets-now-spent-on-cloud-survey/
It's a good idea and the concept of it makes sense. But not a lot of people know what it is or how to use it . I have an Iphone and Apple uses the Icloud which uses a certain amount of gigabytes for storage, but it's optional for Iphone users. I prefer not to use it nor have I had the need to. I believe it is more beneficial for companies than for personal use.
ReplyDeleteInteresting thought, but I believe we utilize cloud computing more than we know. Facebook, Netflix, Instagram use a form of cloud computing. Even if the iCloud is not used, a form of a cloud is still being used. Yet still, that is the crazy part, we use it and do not even realize it.
ReplyDeleteI do think that one day everything will be online. Cloud computing is becoming so effective because it is so easy. Websites like GoogleDocs and the iCloud for Apple has made storing data without the risk of losing it like magic. I think that within the next 10 years at least 80% of college students will have some sort of device similar to an iPad or Kindle and will have their textbooks uploaded instead of carrying around a huge book. It's much more convenient and less stressful.
ReplyDeleteWhat distinguishes a cloud host from a "regular" host? Is it the same equipment, but a different billing and monitoring system? Something else?
ReplyDeleteIs cloud computing going to change the prescriptive of data storage