Real Ways To Improve Your Digital Life With The Cloud

Grazed from Ubergizmo.  Author: Hubert Nguyen.

“The Cloud: is a term that most people have heard of, and many of us use cloud services daily. However, it’s fair to say many others are still using computing the old-fashion way. At times, it may sound like a marketing gimmick, but “cloud computing” is real and it can bring real value to just about everyone who has an internet connection whether it is on a computer, mobile devices and preferably all at the same time! In this article, we are looking at four critical aspect of your digital life that can be improved using cloud services: data access and organization, creative collaboration, data protection and gaming.

What is Cloud Computing?

First of all, let’s define what we mean by “cloud computing”: it is the use of resources that are delivered as a service over a network (the Internet, most of the time). Cloud infrastructure abstracts the hardware to the point that its use can be invoiced based on actual usage (pay for the computer cycles, storage, bandwidth you use). This has allowed a large number of Internet services to be created since the cost of using a cloud infrastructure is much lower than the previous alternative: building and owning the infrastructure. A huge number of startups have been created because of the improved economics…

Data Accessibility and Organization

Data accessibility is probably the most popular aspect of the Cloud since it uses a basic building block of cloud computing: cloud storage. The idea is that your data resides on a remote server run by a web service that can be accessed anytime, anywhere there is an internet connection. This is very handy, but this cloud-backed service has truly exploded when smartphones started to reach their full potential. With multiple devices and the ability to connect 24/7 the need for central data repositories, and OS-agnostic data synchronization mechanisms has skyrocketed, and the Cloud became the answer…

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