Computers and Technology

&ltb&gtCloud computing,&lt/b&gt what is it? chances are you have utilized cloud computing but have not realised it. Web sites like Gmail and Yahoo mail are ideal examples of cloud computing. Cloud computing is a technology whereby remote servers hold an incredible quantity of information/software and maintain it in a way that is beneficial for on-line purposes. Essentially it means that the user does not require to install or store any files inside his/her own pc ie: &lta rel=”nofollow” onclick=”javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '/outgoing/post_exit_link/2500264'])” href=”http://www.docs.google.com/”&gtgoogle docs&lt/a&gt. Any computer with internet access can benefit from cloud computing and it is immense storage power.

This technology has been around for some time and numerous have benefited from it, but we are only just seeing the potential of computing inside the cloud. It won’t be long until we have computers that connect to the world wide web with out having to go by way of the laborious job of begin up and booting. You open it up and “hey presto” your on the net, no lag time on start up. An example of this is google’s android laptop which takes just 15 seconds to begin up. Take the demonstration below as case and point.

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The negative to this of course, is that if the world wide web or a lot more particularly the server decides to melt down then this could leave organization in a very awkward position. For instance &lta rel=”nofollow” onclick=”javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '/outgoing/article_exit_link/2500264'])” href=”http://www.salesforce.com.au/”&gtSalesforce&lt/a&gt is used by many business mainly in the service industry to maintain “opportunities” “sales” and “fulfillment” if this were to go offline it would leave organization with no access to their valuable contacts/jobs.