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Betting the on the Cloud: Good or bad? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Helder Machado   
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 06:53

First of all, what is all this hub-a-bub about cloud computing, what exactly is the cloud? "Cloud computing" in a nut shell is basically taking your operating system from your PC and moving it to the web. The Wiki says that cloud computing is a way of computing, via the Internet, that broadly shares computer resources instead of using software and storage on a local PC. Basically your PC runs through a browser and all of your applications and data resides on the Internet. You have access to all of your applications and files no matter where you are and it doesn't matter what computer you connect from. Sounds pretty cool huh? Well it can be for some but stay tuned and we'll see if the future is cloud computing. Microsoft says that by next year, 90% of its employees will be working in the cloud. See Microsoft's CEO, Steve Balmer's statements here: http://tinyurl.com/y9d4tpz It appears that Microsoft may be betting on the cloud. I wonder if there will be a "Windows Cloud". HMMM...

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