Traditional computing versus the Cloud

What is Cloud? If your only idea of a cloud is that fluffy looking mass of droplets and other particles in the sky, man, you're way too stuck in the ancient ways. Imagine putting all your files, documents and other information in a cloud in the sky. Wherever you go, you can see and access this cloud. You can store more files, use or edit documents, or delete stored info from anywhere as long as you have a computer, laptop, mobile phone or any other Internet-enabled gadget. The Cloud works by outsourcing storage, hosting of files (such as music, photos applications, videos, etc.) and other services to web-based cloud hosting services providers. The Old way The Cloud way Storage Flasy Voyager GT (US $29.99| corsair.com) A Dropbox (Free Dropbox.com) Office Microsoft Office (US $150 | microsoft.com) Google Docs (Free docs.google.com) Notes Moleskine Notebook Evernote (US $25 | moleskine.com) (Free | evernote.com) Gaming OnLive (US$9.99 | month OnLive.com) Microsoft Xbox 360 (US $150 | xbox.com) Music Stereomood (Free stereomood.com) iTunes (US S0.99/track |itunes.com) STEREG mood Ps Adobe Photoshop CS5 (US $199 | adobe.com) Photos Aviary (Free | aviary.com) Qlery Easier to use More convenient More cost efficient v Facts About The Cloud As of February 2009, a Web Server Survey found over 200 million hosts running websites around the world. Other Cloud Services Book Lending Shapeways This is your library in the Cloud, where people store books for other people to borrow information anytime and from anywhere. This is your factory in the Cloud: a platform where you can create customized stuff, upload it, and have it printed or produced. Teamviewer Youview This is your personal cloud remote control. With the use of the cloud technology. you can connect to any server or PC from anywhere and use or access it as if you were sitting right in front of it. This is your TV in the Cloud, where you can watch your favourite Freesat or Freeview channels, catch up on episodes you missed, and even request for pay TV like for sports events, films, American series, and others. Resources: http://www.cloudcentrics.com/?p=1244 http://www.quora.com/What-is-cloud-computing-in-laymans-terms?q-what-iscloud (Adrian Comstock) http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/A-history-of-cloud-computing http://news.netcraft.com/hosting-provider-server-count/ SERVERPOINT.cOM What is Cloud? If your only idea of a cloud is that fluffy looking mass of droplets and other particles in the sky, man, you're way too stuck in the ancient ways. Imagine putting all your files, documents and other information in a cloud in the sky. Wherever you go, you can see and access this cloud. You can store more files, use or edit documents, or delete stored info from anywhere as long as you have a computer, laptop, mobile phone or any other Internet-enabled gadget. The Cloud works by outsourcing storage, hosting of files (such as music, photos applications, videos, etc.) and other services to web-based cloud hosting services providers. The Old way The Cloud way Storage Flasy Voyager GT (US $29.99| corsair.com) A Dropbox (Free Dropbox.com) Office Microsoft Office (US $150 | microsoft.com) Google Docs (Free docs.google.com) Notes Moleskine Notebook Evernote (US $25 | moleskine.com) (Free | evernote.com) Gaming OnLive (US$9.99 | month OnLive.com) Microsoft Xbox 360 (US $150 | xbox.com) Music Stereomood (Free stereomood.com) iTunes (US S0.99/track |itunes.com) STEREG mood Ps Adobe Photoshop CS5 (US $199 | adobe.com) Photos Aviary (Free | aviary.com) Qlery Easier to use More convenient More cost efficient v Facts About The Cloud As of February 2009, a Web Server Survey found over 200 million hosts running websites around the world. Other Cloud Services Book Lending Shapeways This is your library in the Cloud, where people store books for other people to borrow information anytime and from anywhere. This is your factory in the Cloud: a platform where you can create customized stuff, upload it, and have it printed or produced. Teamviewer Youview This is your personal cloud remote control. With the use of the cloud technology. you can connect to any server or PC from anywhere and use or access it as if you were sitting right in front of it. This is your TV in the Cloud, where you can watch your favourite Freesat or Freeview channels, catch up on episodes you missed, and even request for pay TV like for sports events, films, American series, and others. Resources: http://www.cloudcentrics.com/?p=1244 http://www.quora.com/What-is-cloud-computing-in-laymans-terms?q-what-iscloud (Adrian Comstock) http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/A-history-of-cloud-computing http://news.netcraft.com/hosting-provider-server-count/ SERVERPOINT.cOM What is Cloud? If your only idea of a cloud is that fluffy looking mass of droplets and other particles in the sky, man, you're way too stuck in the ancient ways. Imagine putting all your files, documents and other information in a cloud in the sky. Wherever you go, you can see and access this cloud. You can store more files, use or edit documents, or delete stored info from anywhere as long as you have a computer, laptop, mobile phone or any other Internet-enabled gadget. The Cloud works by outsourcing storage, hosting of files (such as music, photos applications, videos, etc.) and other services to web-based cloud hosting services providers. The Old way The Cloud way Storage Flasy Voyager GT (US $29.99| corsair.com) A Dropbox (Free Dropbox.com) Office Microsoft Office (US $150 | microsoft.com) Google Docs (Free docs.google.com) Notes Moleskine Notebook Evernote (US $25 | moleskine.com) (Free | evernote.com) Gaming OnLive (US$9.99 | month OnLive.com) Microsoft Xbox 360 (US $150 | xbox.com) Music Stereomood (Free stereomood.com) iTunes (US S0.99/track |itunes.com) STEREG mood Ps Adobe Photoshop CS5 (US $199 | adobe.com) Photos Aviary (Free | aviary.com) Qlery Easier to use More convenient More cost efficient v Facts About The Cloud As of February 2009, a Web Server Survey found over 200 million hosts running websites around the world. Other Cloud Services Book Lending Shapeways This is your library in the Cloud, where people store books for other people to borrow information anytime and from anywhere. This is your factory in the Cloud: a platform where you can create customized stuff, upload it, and have it printed or produced. Teamviewer Youview This is your personal cloud remote control. With the use of the cloud technology. you can connect to any server or PC from anywhere and use or access it as if you were sitting right in front of it. This is your TV in the Cloud, where you can watch your favourite Freesat or Freeview channels, catch up on episodes you missed, and even request for pay TV like for sports events, films, American series, and others. Resources: http://www.cloudcentrics.com/?p=1244 http://www.quora.com/What-is-cloud-computing-in-laymans-terms?q-what-iscloud (Adrian Comstock) http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/A-history-of-cloud-computing http://news.netcraft.com/hosting-provider-server-count/ SERVERPOINT.cOM What is Cloud? If your only idea of a cloud is that fluffy looking mass of droplets and other particles in the sky, man, you're way too stuck in the ancient ways. Imagine putting all your files, documents and other information in a cloud in the sky. Wherever you go, you can see and access this cloud. You can store more files, use or edit documents, or delete stored info from anywhere as long as you have a computer, laptop, mobile phone or any other Internet-enabled gadget. The Cloud works by outsourcing storage, hosting of files (such as music, photos applications, videos, etc.) and other services to web-based cloud hosting services providers. The Old way The Cloud way Storage Flasy Voyager GT (US $29.99| corsair.com) A Dropbox (Free Dropbox.com) Office Microsoft Office (US $150 | microsoft.com) Google Docs (Free docs.google.com) Notes Moleskine Notebook Evernote (US $25 | moleskine.com) (Free | evernote.com) Gaming OnLive (US$9.99 | month OnLive.com) Microsoft Xbox 360 (US $150 | xbox.com) Music Stereomood (Free stereomood.com) iTunes (US S0.99/track |itunes.com) STEREG mood Ps Adobe Photoshop CS5 (US $199 | adobe.com) Photos Aviary (Free | aviary.com) Qlery Easier to use More convenient More cost efficient v Facts About The Cloud As of February 2009, a Web Server Survey found over 200 million hosts running websites around the world. Other Cloud Services Book Lending Shapeways This is your library in the Cloud, where people store books for other people to borrow information anytime and from anywhere. This is your factory in the Cloud: a platform where you can create customized stuff, upload it, and have it printed or produced. Teamviewer Youview This is your personal cloud remote control. With the use of the cloud technology. you can connect to any server or PC from anywhere and use or access it as if you were sitting right in front of it. This is your TV in the Cloud, where you can watch your favourite Freesat or Freeview channels, catch up on episodes you missed, and even request for pay TV like for sports events, films, American series, and others. Resources: http://www.cloudcentrics.com/?p=1244 http://www.quora.com/What-is-cloud-computing-in-laymans-terms?q-what-iscloud (Adrian Comstock) http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/A-history-of-cloud-computing http://news.netcraft.com/hosting-provider-server-count/ SERVERPOINT.cOM What is Cloud? If your only idea of a cloud is that fluffy looking mass of droplets and other particles in the sky, man, you're way too stuck in the ancient ways. Imagine putting all your files, documents and other information in a cloud in the sky. Wherever you go, you can see and access this cloud. You can store more files, use or edit documents, or delete stored info from anywhere as long as you have a computer, laptop, mobile phone or any other Internet-enabled gadget. The Cloud works by outsourcing storage, hosting of files (such as music, photos applications, videos, etc.) and other services to web-based cloud hosting services providers. The Old way The Cloud way Storage Flasy Voyager GT (US $29.99| corsair.com) A Dropbox (Free Dropbox.com) Office Microsoft Office (US $150 | microsoft.com) Google Docs (Free docs.google.com) Notes Moleskine Notebook Evernote (US $25 | moleskine.com) (Free | evernote.com) Gaming OnLive (US$9.99 | month OnLive.com) Microsoft Xbox 360 (US $150 | xbox.com) Music Stereomood (Free stereomood.com) iTunes (US S0.99/track |itunes.com) STEREG mood Ps Adobe Photoshop CS5 (US $199 | adobe.com) Photos Aviary (Free | aviary.com) Qlery Easier to use More convenient More cost efficient v Facts About The Cloud As of February 2009, a Web Server Survey found over 200 million hosts running websites around the world. Other Cloud Services Book Lending Shapeways This is your library in the Cloud, where people store books for other people to borrow information anytime and from anywhere. This is your factory in the Cloud: a platform where you can create customized stuff, upload it, and have it printed or produced. Teamviewer Youview This is your personal cloud remote control. With the use of the cloud technology. you can connect to any server or PC from anywhere and use or access it as if you were sitting right in front of it. This is your TV in the Cloud, where you can watch your favourite Freesat or Freeview channels, catch up on episodes you missed, and even request for pay TV like for sports events, films, American series, and others. Resources: http://www.cloudcentrics.com/?p=1244 http://www.quora.com/What-is-cloud-computing-in-laymans-terms?q-what-iscloud (Adrian Comstock) http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/A-history-of-cloud-computing http://news.netcraft.com/hosting-provider-server-count/ SERVERPOINT.cOM