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Monday, 10 December 2012

Cloud Computing for Convenience

By Jessie Mccafferty


Cloud computing keeps information and applications in a central location online, so that you can access them from anywhere. It doesn't matter whether you're on a Mac, a Windows PC, or one running bargain basement system software that most of us have not heard about. If you can run an internet browser, you ought to be able to use a cloud-based application.

This solves the difficulty of info syncing between computers, and the problem of not being able to access something that's on another PC at the time. There are some definite benefits to cloud computing, and some scenarios where it makes more sense to use the cloud than to use programs on your PC system alone.

There are several benefits that have to do with the load on your PC. First of all, some applications are so bloated and complex that they take up tons of hard disk space and use so much processing power that they may slow your computer down, even it's one of the enormous capacity, high-memory Panasonic laptops available today. With cloud-based applications, a program doesn't have to be downloaded or installed to your PC.

The application will actually run on the cloud server and render in your net browser. All of the storage that will eat up disk drive space and the data processing that may slow your processor are done on the cloud's server, with the results in the browser where you can see them. This may be superb for enormous applications that require tons of power.

Memory may also be an issue when a program is massive and must have lots of available RAM to run properly. Again, in the cloud it will not draw any memory from your system to run, at least less than the internet browser takes to operate.

Another benefit is that you will never have to fret about updating software. With a downloaded programme, you could have to download updates now and then, or frequently, dependent on the software. When it is a cloud-based application, it's always up to date.




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