How Cloud Computing Works

Let us start by saying you are an executive of a large corporation. So, your main responsibilities involve making sure that your employees are using the right hardware and software that they need to complete their jobs. But, buying a computer for everyone is not enough; you also will have to purchase software and software licenses to provide your employees the right tools that they will need.

Cloud Computing and Software

For instance, you have a new employee, you might have to buy more software or be sure that your current software license will allow another user. It is so stressful that you are finding it difficult to get to sleep every night.

Now there is an alternative for bosses like you. So, rather of installing a suite of software on each computer in your company, you will only need to load one application. This application will allow your employees to be able to log into a Web-based service that hosts the programs the user will need for his or her job.

Any remote machines that your company does not own or are owned by another company will be able to run your e-mail to word processing to complex data analysis programs. It is called cloud computing, and this will change the entire production level of your company.

Cloud Computing

In a cloud computing system, there is a significant shift in workload. Local computers will not have to do all the heavy work when it comes down to running applications. Your network of computers makes up the cloud will handle them instead. Also, hardware and software demands on the user’s side decrease.

The only thing the user’s computer will need is to be able to run is the cloud computing systems interface software, which can something as simple as a Web browser, and then the cloud’s network will take care of the rest. There is a good chance you have already used some form of cloud computing. If you are using an e-mail account with a Web-based e-mail service like Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail or Gmail, then you have had some experience with cloud computing.

Instead of running an e-mail program on your computer, you log in to a Web e-mail account remotely. The software and storage for your account does not exist on your computer – it is on the service’s computer cloud.

So, whether you realized it or not, the cloud is already here. Now all you have to do is sit back and enjoy the ride.

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