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Cloud Computing - What is It?

A new popular subject that has been circulating around the world of technology has been cloud computing. Though not many actually have a clear understanding of what cloud computing really is, even experts are stumped and have a difficult time explaining exactly what it is. Here at bright-tutorials we feel it is our duty to enlighten the world as to how this new technology will change the way information is exchanged over the internet.

Although cloud computing in it's purest form can never truly exist proof of concept versions have already been attempted by small companies, but with Google and IBM racing after this golden opportunity to take over what could quite possibly be the most powerful emerging industry since gasoline we are in for some major changes to the computer market and the way we use the internet.

Now on to what cloud computing really is! In a nutshell cloud computing in its purest form is connecting directly to the internet with no delay and with no hardware. As you can see this is quite impossible but what these major companies hope to do is, like servers, rent out bandwidth. By allowing users to connect to their satellite through an extremely strong connection via a very small piece of hardware that will not have any software on it except what would be required to connect to the satellite which is essentially how 3G works. Once it is connected the piece of hardware will simply display a visual of a webpage the servers on the satellite will send it.

You may ask "What about storage?", now this is the most intriguing but also the scariest part of cloud computing. Through cloud computing all the essential software will be pre-installed for you on Google or IBM's servers. You will be charged for how much storage you use on their server, but at the same time will have to trust the company with all your software. Because the company you will have all your software on will control the online market there is fear it will become a monopoly and will have too much control, but at the same time with this new technology brings another advantage, bulk discounts. Since the company will have so many users the company will be able to buy programs in bulk getting a lower cost for each user. This could mean a slow death to online piracy should downloads be regulated. This could also lead to other scary situations in which sensitive data could be sold by the middle man.

The military has already started to outsource its intel to a third party saving it hundreds of millions, and public use is soon to follow. When will it happen? Which company will come out on top? What will happen to internet use? How much will it cost? Will internet use spread to other countries due to it's cheaper price? Will we all be under the control of the company? These are all good questions. 0 komentar