Cloud Computing

n one way or another, we might be using “the Cloud” in our daily life (either at work or personal) without knowing what exactly it is and its usage:

                                                            

“The Cloud” is simply the trendy term for a network or remote servers that can be accessed via an Internet connection store and manage information. In other words, it’s a place other than your computer that you can use to store your stuff. Cloud computing consists of hardware and software resources made available on the Internet as managed third-party services.

Let take an Example of Google Drive is just like Dropbox, but it integrates with all of your Google tools like Google Docs, Gmail and others.

Types of Cloud Computing

Service providers create cloud computing systems to serve common business or research needs. Examples of cloud computing services include:

Virtual IT (Information Technology): Configure and utilize remote, third-party servers as extensions to a company's local IT network

Software: Utilize commercial software applications, or develop and remotely host custom built applications

Network storage: Backup or archive data across the Internet to a provider without needing to know the physical location of storage

How it works?

A cloud computing system keeps its critical data on Internet servers rather than distributing copies of data files to individual client devices. Video-sharing cloud services like Netflix, for example, stream data across the Internet to a player application on the viewing device rather than sending customers DVD or BluRay physical discs.

Pros & Cons:

No service is perfect. The cloud has its advantages and disadvantages, being it accessible anywhere, offering bigger storage but has some privacy and security risks depending the cloud you've chosen!