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Cloud Computing is Realizing the Services that you Need, and do not have to Own
November 5, 2009
Corporations, Government Agency, Healthcare Providers, Doctors, Lawyers, Casinos, and every different business or Individual has IT NEEDS. Social, legal, accounting, storage of personal information, distribution, business to business relationships, Job Search, Unemployment Claims, Banking,and everything else you do or need to do someway will end up in some Computer System or multiple Systems.Most of us have been participating in "Cloud" Computing for years and years and will ultimately function in the "Cloud" going forward.
November 5, 2009
This article does a good job of explaining what cloud computing is to non IT professionals: a messy system of thousands of web servers scattered around the world..It may be interesting to get to know the where/when/how our data is managed, but that is not a crucial point.Likewise with financial scums, one should better worry about sloppy and fraudulent usage of the cloud, and prepare for the storm before it hits.
What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
November 4, 2009
* In the cloud where data is located is not as important as how it is managed* As people become more dependant on the cloud legal and political issues will arise* Cloud companies have new revenue streams based on how they manage the cloud and resolve these issues