CLOUD COMPUTING
What is Cloud Computing? A few years ago, the basic concept of the cloud was derided by reducing it to the idea of “someone else’s computer,” a saying that decorates the coffee mugs of quite a few IT professionals. Oracle CTO Larry Ellison was equally skeptical, complaining that “we’ve redefined cloud computing to include everything that we already do.” In the simplest terms, however, the definition of cloud computing is this: A distributed digital infrastructural resource that delivers hosted services by way of the internet. And while there are several different ways to define cloud computing, it all comes down to these five key aspects: Networking Data management Storage Services Devices Types of Cloud Services The cloud computing service sector has become a rapidly growing multibillion-dollar industry. To put this into perspective, Gartner estimates cloud spending will reach $260 billion by the end of 2018. And Gartner is not alone in highlighting cloud computing’s growing prevalenc...