Cloud computing: next best use of internet?
October 8, 2012
Grazed from MyDigitalFC. Author: Varun Dutt.
Cloud computing has had a sweeping affect across the IT realm in recent years but there has been hardly any clarity on what it actually is. According to Jonathan Strickland of How Stuff Works? Cloud computing is the use of computing resources that are delivered as a service over a network (typically the internet). End users access cloud-based applications through a web browser or a desktop or mobile app while the business software and user’s data are stored on servers at a remote location. It allows enterprises to get their applications up and running faster, with improved manageability and less maintenance, and enables IT to rapidly adjust resources to meet uncertain business demand.
Strickland argues that buying computers for everyone in an organisation can be costly in terms of both the hardware and software but cloud computing provides an impressive alternative: Instead of installing a suite of software for each computer, one just needs to load one application which would allow workers to log into a web-based service hosting all the programs…
Strickland explains that if you have had an e-mail account with a service like Hotmail or Gmail, then you’ve already had an experience with cloud computing. Thus, in place of running an e-mail program on your computer, you log into a web e-mail account remotely — the software and storage for your account exist on the service’s computer cloud…
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