The upcoming year 2011 amazing expansion of cloud computing. Many people are interested to know about this technology and many of us get confused. I could find a good article in PC World: Cloud Computing: The Executive Summary.
This is a very useful article about cloud computing if you do not have good knowledge about it. Keir Thomas has talked in very simple language and gave some ideas about this technology.
The writer speak that most companies would need to move to the cloud in order to save money. However, at the same time, many companies are worried about data safety. Keir Thomas wrote:
In addition, cloud computing is cheaper for businesses. If an online storage service is used, there's no need to buy server hardware, for example, or to pay for staff to maintain hardware.
Of course, there are some downsides. Putting data into the cloud involves a lot of trust that the cloud provider will not let it leak out. Cloud providers are a little coy when discussing issues such as this. Additionally, cloud services tend still at a primitive stage compared to equivalents on a desktop computer--Google Docs is only a fraction as powerful as Microsoft Office, for example.
Of course, there are some downsides. Putting data into the cloud involves a lot of trust that the cloud provider will not let it leak out. Cloud providers are a little coy when discussing issues such as this. Additionally, cloud services tend still at a primitive stage compared to equivalents on a desktop computer--Google Docs is only a fraction as powerful as Microsoft Office, for example.
So, if you are interested about cloud computing and you are a beginner then this is the article for you. However, if you have moderate amount of knowledge then you may not find anything new. I am just excited with the potential of cloud computing and I think that in the next five years, most business organizations in the whole world will more or less move to cloud.
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