What is Cloud computing?

It is basically computing over the internet. Well that is not much of an explanation, isn’t it? Let’s understand it in-depth. Cloud computing is a concept that can help a user to store data, retrieve data and run certain applications to improve the productivity of a given task. This is more efficient than a personal computer because everything is stored in an online remote server, which gives faster access to the data. The four different types of clouds are public, private, hybrid and community. The services they offer are related to infrastructure, platform and storage .The main difference between a Cloud and a Traditional It approach is that everything is stored online and on the other hand everything is stored in a storage device. (Gabrani, 2016) Another interesting feature of a cloud is that it has a pay as you use scheme which reduces an individual’s or a company’s fixed operating cost. I regularly use cloud computing services such as Google drive, Drop box, and iCloud to store the data I want and retrieve it whenever I need it without relying on any other additional storage devices. One of the leading companies that utilise this type of service is Spotify. It helps you to listen to the songs you love whenever you want it and wherever you want it and it’s all possible because of the cloud. Now we know what it can do but when we should also know how it originated and developed into this Hi-Tech innovation.

References

Gabrani, N. (2016). Cloud computing tutorial. Thecloudtutorial.com. Retrieved 28 June 2016, from http://thecloudtutorial.com/index.html