Cloud Computing

[JoJoDaMan]

What Is Cloud Computing?

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It's supposed to be the next big thing in computing. It’s supposed to revolutionize the way we work at home and at the office.

While some of the concepts and ideas behind cloud computing have actually been around for awhile, the term cloud computing seems to be the term that has really captured imaginations and gained traction recently. Basically, the idea is the use of the Internet (the cloud, so to speak) as a central area for use of computer technology.
Whether it be what is called Software as a Service (SaaS, apps on the web), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS, previously known as Hardware as a Service – this is where IT geeks can buy more virtual computer power and online storage) or Platform as a Service (PaaS, where developers go and play, think Google Apps Engine) cloud computing encompasses this and more. While the IT geek and the coding geek may be interested in the IaaS and the PaaS side of things, for the real world application of cloud computing most users (the rest of us) will be interested in the SaaS “Software as a Service” side of things.
Software as a Service is one of the most exciting features of cloud computing. Software as a Service is basically applications (think programs) “served” through the Internet via your web browser. These programs never (or rarely) actually reside on the computer that they are run from – they all stay on the providers' server. Because of this, you are able to access these applications anywhere you have a PC and an Internet connection. These applications for the most part also offer online storage, so you can save your work online as well. This may seem to describe services such as webmail, which have been around a long time, and yes, are very useful, but it also describes some of the newest crops of very sophisticated, robust programs available on the Internet today. While some may be for rent (that is, you pay either a subscription fee or a use fee), many others are absolutely free for use of basic services.

This concept is interesting to me so I thought I would put it out there for you all to play with and see what you think. I am attaching a web link to a site called ICLOUD. This is a BETA program and the basic service is FREE. So it is still being fine tuned. Check it out, you may find you really could use a service like this. Like Storing pictures maybe…..??? Enjoy!

icloud - Your friends, files and digital life on any computer (http://icloud.com/en/landing)

[elfoozo]

This is all marketing bullshit. Remember Web 2.0? Ever had management come running into the data center lamenting they must have Web 2.0, go get them some quotes on purchasing it immediately?

No, some fuckin' idiot coins a new term that garners some reporter weenie's fancy and all the idiots who have no idea what technology is all about start standing around the water cooler gaying up conversations trying to one-up each other with superior geekdom.

You want cloud computing? It's been around for over a decade: Citrix, Tarentella, etc. You want storage as a service? There's dozens of providers who've come and gone doing exactly that: Storage Networks, etc.

You can have your cloud computing. I'll keep my [borrowed] OS, my data, my stolen downloads, and anything else I don't want the FCC, FTC, MPA, and any other acronym or government regulatory body who decides I'm not honest enough to police myself at my own control, k-thanks.

[JoJoDaMan]

Okay, so you've been reading about it or hearing about it down at the local barbershop or while “hanging out around the water cooler”. It's the rage they say, the real thing or rather the unreal thing since it is strictly virtual hanging out there in cyber land. So finally you get the courage to ask - Cloud computing, what the heck is that? It is important to know your Computer Basics so you know what it is you are dealing with and how to protect your assets.

First off, the term cloud is a metaphor for the Internet. And before you ask, why the Internet is thought of as a cloud, you should know that a cloud is used to portray the Internet in computer network diagrams. It is a simple way of depicting the complexity of the Internet by just drawing a cloud and everyone figuring it is up there somewhere.

Cloud computing uses an Internet based operating service. (Notice the word Service instead of system) Applications and data are stored on a service provider's network and accessed by the end user over the Internet. The web based applications are delivered using a technology known as Software as a Service (SaaS).

"Cloud computing is using the Internet to access someone else's software running on someone else's hardware in someone else's data center while paying only for what you use. And actually this is not much different from the way IBM used to rent out mainframe time a few decades ago, so no one here is saying CLOUD is something new. So there you have it - probably more than you ever wanted to know but it is important to know your basics and you need to recognize that you should always protect your info if you are dealing up in clouds.

Examples of Cloud Computing
One of the key abilities of these virtual services is that they require no infrastructure and you are making use of your service providers. You don't have to worry about installation, updates, or maintenance because that is all taken care of by them. All you really need to know is how to use your application. Google and Microsoft have recently introduced a wide range of applications from word processing to spreadsheets. Salesforce.com is a more sophisticated application, if you will. There are many others. The common ground is of course the Internet and using your browser as the tool to access them - software and data are stored on your provider's servers.

Cloud Security
How secure is it? "Well, that all depends on the service provider. Your information and applications are stored on their hardware and connected to their network, so security falls completely in their hands.

Storage is cheap and it is safer storing your own data and protecting it locally; with your own Antivirus and your Personal Firewall software.

Security best practices should always be followed whether you are dealing in the cloud or staying computer based. Keep your definitions up to date on your AV (antivirus) and AS (antispyware), make sure your security patches are in place, and don't download the unknown.

[Pstar]

Any reason you are stealing this content and making it appear as it's your own?!??


"Computers In The Air" - What Is Cloud Computing? – Geeks.com (http://www.geeks.com/techtips/2009/what-is-cloud-computing.htm)

[JoJoDaMan]

No where in the above information does it say it is my content. Geeks.com is but one source for this information. If you google CLOUD COMPUTING you will find many, many sites that present this information. This is the internet age, some sites do a better job of presenting their information then others. Like the other threads, I'm just sharing information off the internet so our members can be informed of interesting software, and different internet concepts currently being discussed. Not everyone has time to surf the web freely and find stuff like this. NOTHING MORE.....

[Pstar]

If you google CLOUD COMPUTING you will find many, many sites that present this information

20,200,000 Results to be exact JoJo....

Unfortunately, you have not collaborated with the 20m sources to create your 'own' version of what Cloud Computing is, you chose to use one source which happened to be a Tech Tip from Geeks.com. The thread was not put in quotations, nor was any citations give to the original source or author.

You are correct, no where in your thread do you say the writing is yours.

Unfortunately, no where in the thread do you say it's Geeks.com's. That's where there is a problem.

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[JoJoDaMan]

What Is Cloud Computing?

This work is licensed to Tech Tips, online computer help, Computer Hardware Reviews, computerhelp, Computer Help, Computer Tips, Computer Information ? Geeks.com (http://www.geeks.com/techtips/default.asp)

It's supposed to be the next big thing in computing. It’s supposed to revolutionize the way we work at home and at the office.

While some of the concepts and ideas behind cloud computing have actually been around for awhile, the term cloud computing seems to be the term that has really captured imaginations and gained traction recently. Basically, the idea is the use of the Internet (the cloud, so to speak) as a central area for use of computer technology.
Whether it be what is called Software as a Service (SaaS, apps on the web), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS, previously known as Hardware as a Service – this is where IT geeks can buy more virtual computer power and online storage) or Platform as a Service (PaaS, where developers go and play, think Google Apps Engine) cloud computing encompasses this and more. While the IT geek and the coding geek may be interested in the IaaS and the PaaS side of things, for the real world application of cloud computing most users (the rest of us) will be interested in the SaaS “Software as a Service” side of things.
Software as a Service is one of the most exciting features of cloud computing. Software as a Service is basically applications (think programs) “served” through the Internet via your web browser. These programs never (or rarely) actually reside on the computer that they are run from – they all stay on the providers' server. Because of this, you are able to access these applications anywhere you have a PC and an Internet connection. These applications for the most part also offer online storage, so you can save your work online as well. This may seem to describe services such as webmail, which have been around a long time, and yes, are very useful, but it also describes some of the newest crops of very sophisticated, robust programs available on the Internet today. While some may be for rent (that is, you pay either a subscription fee or a use fee), many others are absolutely free for use of basic services.

This concept is interesting to me so I thought I would put it out there for you all to play with and see what you think. I am attaching a web link to a site called ICLOUD. This is a BETA program and the basic service is FREE. So it is still being fine tuned. Check it out, you may find you really could use a service like this. Like Storing pictures maybe…..??? Enjoy!

icloud - Your friends, files and digital life on any computer (http://icloud.com/en/landing)

[kulotsalot]

There you go guys. I added the proper credits for the source article in the original post, so now you can debate the actual concept and not why it was being presented as though it was the original poster's idea.