Cloud computing
Your data everywhere
Cloud computing, according to this website, is the storing and accessing of applications and computer data often through a Web browser rather than running installed software on your personal computer or office server.
The real meaning of cloud computing came to me when I had to work on the same data from different computers. I had to export the data via a USB flesh and then I had to keep deleting the old files in both computers and paste the updated files. This doesn't happen when everything is "in the cloud", stored somewhere in the web. As long as you have internet access, your files can be accessed from everywhere, any time.
Not only files can be stored online but also software. More and more companies and individual users are now saving valuable space in their PC and are using online software instead.
However, since the entire data is "in the cloud" (which, in reality, isn't a cloud at all but a set of mega-powerful servers), questions like "Who is protecting the data?", "Is it safe?", "What if there is a leakage of data?" arise. Google assures the safety and confidentiality of the data it stores. However, very few would risk giving sensitive data in hands of a third party, irrespective of the company's reputation.
Not only files can be stored online but also software. More and more companies and individual users are now saving valuable space in their PC and are using online software instead.
However, since the entire data is "in the cloud" (which, in reality, isn't a cloud at all but a set of mega-powerful servers), questions like "Who is protecting the data?", "Is it safe?", "What if there is a leakage of data?" arise. Google assures the safety and confidentiality of the data it stores. However, very few would risk giving sensitive data in hands of a third party, irrespective of the company's reputation.
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