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Cloud Computing
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- To watch a three minute introduction to the basics of cloud computing, click here.
What Cloud Computing Is
According to Wikipedia, “Cloud computing is Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand, like the electricity grid.”
Why Should You Care About Cloud Computing
The cloud allows computing to be, like the electric grid, simple, ubiquitous, reliable, and scalable. It allows a “pay for use” arrangement, without the typical capital investment in equipment. This allows a lower risk approach to growing a business or project. In the current economic climate, low risk is very attractive.
Benefits of Cloud Computing
- Lower costs – Lower up front investments.
- Reliability – Utility like reliability.
- Grow instantly – Sudden success can often sink a business, when they can’t expand quickly enough.
- Immediate scalability – Allows immediate expandable storage.
- Improve Strategy – Allows you to focus on more important, higher margin activities to your business.
- Reduce Risk – Allows businesses to explore more opportunities, and experiment with high risk, high reward solutions, reducing reliability risks.
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