Are you in the cloud?

Grazed from Deseret News.  Author: Josh Linton.

Technology plays a vital role in the ongoing success of any organization. Because technology can be difficult to understand and implement, it sometimes becomes a low priority and is often overlooked.  There is currently a lot of noise and discussion about "the cloud," or cloud computing. Questions arise like, “Are you in the cloud?”

One of the reasons the cloud is difficult to understand is that it means different things to different people, all dependent on who you are and what you are trying to accomplish. There is no real structure to it and each use of the cloud holds its own definition and value.   There are three basic groups that utilize and need the cloud. By understanding these three groups, you can decide how to make the cloud work for you…

Individuals: For individuals, the cloud is most commonly used in application-based forms. Many individuals use the cloud to store photos, videos and other personal data. The benefit the cloud provides in these instances is a resource to store this data somewhere other than personal equipment such as a laptop or PC.   In these instances, cloud-based users can store pictures and other files to a remote server and access them again at anytime from anywhere without fear that the files may be deleted and lost on their personal computer desktop. It significantly reduces the risk and liability of losing files…

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