As a newcomer to technology, or
someone who has better things to do than get your hands dirty with it, cloud
computing might just be the best thing since sliced bread for your business.
The facts are simple. Before the internet came along, you would purchase software, usually with a licence, and install and run it on your computers - rather like buying a music CD and playing it in your house. Under the cloud model, the software is run online by a third-party provider, and you access it through your internet browser. You never install anything on your own computer, and you never actually 'own' any software: rather than buying a product, you're renting a service.
So far so good; but tech folks are
really excited about cloud computing. Analysts 451 Research say that cloud
computing in 2013 will be a $16.7bn industry. To understand why it's such a
game-changer, we need to look in more depth at the reasons why the cloud (also,
for the reason above, often called 'Software as a Service' or SaaS) is so
different, and how it creates business-friendly benefits.
via.www.theguardian.com
The facts are simple. Before the internet came along, you would purchase software, usually with a licence, and install and run it on your computers - rather like buying a music CD and playing it in your house. Under the cloud model, the software is run online by a third-party provider, and you access it through your internet browser. You never install anything on your own computer, and you never actually 'own' any software: rather than buying a product, you're renting a service.
via.www.theguardian.com
