Cloud Computing
Impact on Work, Employment and Vocation
What is Cloud Computing?
Cloud computing in general can be portrayed as a synonym for distributed computing over a network, with the ability to run a program or application on many connected computers at the same time. It specifically refers to a computing hardware machine or group of computing hardware machines commonly referred as a server connected through a communication network such as the Internet, an intranet, a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN) and individual users or user who have permission to access the server can use the server's processing power for their individual computing needs like to run an application, store data or any other computing need.
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Products using the cloud:
- A fair number of online tools created by Google, including Gmail, Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Calender and Google Wave.
- Microsoft Outlook
- Dropbox
- Box.net
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Cloud in businesses.
Cloud computing is giving a new approach to the way data is stored and how applications are run. Some businesses are concerned that cloud computing is as secure as it is made out to be, they are worried that their data will not be stored properly or stored without the security they want. But by using the cloud, businesses would benefit a lot from it. While using cloud, businesses would utilize virtual services also while cutting the expenses that it costs when manually setting up a software of support for their data.
The Cloud is helpful for the police.
Police and Detectives are finding that using the cloud is a better and more efficient way to help them try to solve their crimes.
Benefits of Cloud Computing.
- A more efficient way of communicating and collaborating with business associates and colleagues.
- Not having to pay for new software licences, server upgrades or costly software updates, as your technology automatically updates, which means that there is more time to actually work.
- Training doesn't take much time which means that more people can start working sooner.
- Flexibility + Accessibility is increased as you can access data from anywhere at any time and there is also a lot more flexibility, as you can make changes to something easily, with limited time wasted.