Cloud computing is a technology that uses the internet and central remote servers to maintain data and applications. Cloud computing allows consumers and businesses to use applications without installation and access their personal files at any computer with internet access. This technology allows for much more efficient computing by centralizing storage, memory, processing and bandwidth.
Enter cloud computing. Cloud computing is easy to understand—all applications are developed and run within a Web browser.With an Internet connection, your developers and users have access to your entire collection of applications eliminating the complexity and overhead of maintaining a computing environment.
Moving to cloud computing immediately delivers enormous benefits. You no longer have to spend money to acquire and support hardware and software infrastructure, eliminating acquisition costs for your users and developers.
Even more important is the impact of cloud computing on the responsiveness of your IT systems. You can instantly add users and developers to your cloud computing environment. You can deploy applications to the cloud very rapidly, leading to greatly reduced cycle time for responding to user requests and new business opportunities.When you remove the overhead and complexity of your internal systems, your organization can dramatically speed up your entire IT process.
A simple example of cloud computing is Yahoo email, Gmail, or Hotmail etc. You dont need a software or a server to use them. All a consumer would need is just an internet connection and you can start sending emails. The server and email management software is all on the cloud ( internet) and is totally managed by the cloud service provider Yahoo , Google etc. The consumer gets to use the software alone and enjoy the benefits. The analogy is , 'If you need milk , would you buy a cow ?' All the users or consumers need is to get the benefits of using the software or hardware of the computer like sending emails etc. Just to get this benefit (milk) why should a consumer buy a (cow) software /hardware ?
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