These days it's hard to not hear about the buzz surrounding cloud computing, it seems to be everywhere, Google Drive, iCloud and Dropbox being just a few of some of the cloud services that most people will have heard of.
What actually is cloud computing though? Where is it? Are we in it now? The answer is surprisingly simple, cloud computing is the process of storing and accessing data and programs over a third parties servers via the internet instead of from your own computers hard drive. "The Cloud" is just a buzzword for the internet dating back to old network diagrams that always referred to the internet as a big fluffy cloud
The internet being portrayed as a cloud, taken from Wikipedia's own network diagram page. |
What cloud computing IS NOT ABOUT is accessing programs and data from your hard drive, this is called local computing and it's how home and offices have functioned for the last 2 decades, and some would argue that local computing is still the superior practice. However as the years roll on and technology improves, it's starting to become clear that cloud computing is the future.
So why should you consider utilising the cloud in your business? The reasons are numerous, but at a glance some key points to consider are:
There are tons more benefits to making the switch over to the cloud, and with services like hosted telecoms and office, the possibilities for cloud computing stretch ever on. If you'd like to know more about cloud services give us a call and we'd be happy to chat with you about it on 01925 83 83 86, check out our website or drop us an email at advice@yellowbus.uk