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Cloud Computing!
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There’s a good chance you’ve already used some form of cloud computing
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According to study by Pew Internet & American Life Project...
56% of internet users use webmail services such as Hotmail, Gmail, or Yahoo! Mail
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34% store personal photos online
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29% use online applications such as ���Google docs
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7% store personal videos online
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5% backup their hard drive to an online site
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But what exactly is cloud computing?
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When asked what cloud computing was: 25% said it was 'a data centre in the sky' 20% thought it was 'something Microsoft advertised' 10% believed it was 'global warming caused by computers overheating 10% thought it was a 'trendy club in Soho’
Only 35% thought it was a new way to access IT services over the internet.
-Infosecurity London
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cloud computing is an internet based concept that enables resources, software, and information
to be shared on demand
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For business, costly licenses for suites of software are reduced to just one application
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Analyst Gartner predicts that total revenue for cloud services in 2011 will be $81.3 billion, a
+19% ñ from 2010
Revenue forecast for 2014: ���$148.8 billion
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But what benefits does this mean for you and me ���– the consumer?
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platform independency: if you have a web browser chances are cloud services will work on any OS; even
mobiles devices
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productivity: your work is always available, files can be accessed even while people are still editing it
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CDs degrade over time, hard disks crash, USB keys can go missing but no file will ever disappear from cloud
unless you want it to
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Cloud Services
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Google docs offers free word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing and forms software – no installation required!
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Programs like DropBox are free services that let you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Never email yourself a file again!
Amazon’s Cloud Player offers 5 GB of free music storage, +20 GB if you buy an album through Amazon
and can be accessed anywhere.
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Cloud Hardware
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Apple’s Macbook Air ��� is one of the first laptops geared towards cloud
computing.��� It has no CD drive.
Okay so what’s the catch?
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Since all your personal files are stored somewhere online, and always accessible... your data ���
may be at risk!
Sony’s online PlayStation Network was hacked twice in one day, this time $1225 was stolen from accounts in Japan. This has been the
third cyber attack in less than a month.���
-ZDNet & Wired 2011
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Works Cited: Slides 3-‐8: Horrigan, John B. 2008. Use of Cloud Compu8ng Applica8ons and Services. Pew Internet & American Life Project 1-‐9. 10. hNp://www.businesscloudnews.com/soTware-‐as-‐a-‐service/ 289-‐10-‐of-‐public-‐think-‐cloud-‐is-‐trendy-‐club-‐in-‐soho.html 12: hNp://www.howstuffworks.com/ 13:hNp://www.informa8onweek.in/Cloud_Compu8ng/10-‐06-‐22 Global_cloud_services_market_to_surpass_USD_68_billion_in_2010.aspx 15-‐16: hNp://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/ar8cle/218764/ what_cloud_compu8ng_means_for_the_real_world.html 20: hNp://www.dropbox.com 21: hNp://mashable.com/2011/03/29/amazon-‐cloud-‐player/ 23: hNp://www.apple.com/macbookair 26: hNp://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/04/playsta8on-‐network-‐hacked/ hNp://www.zdnet.com/blog/gadgetreviews/sony-‐hacked-‐twice-‐in-‐one-‐day-‐this-‐8me-‐1225-‐was-‐stolen-‐from-‐accounts-‐in-‐japan/24942
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