Cloud Computing ( Blog # 7)

Cloud computing is a concept that saves people a lot of time, space, and money. Cloud computing basically, is a way of putting servers in the air or the sky instead of putting them in actual servers. This saves large corporations a ton of money because they do not have to buy the servers and the space to accommodate such large servers. This is where cloud computing comes in. 

In a few simple words, cloud computing is web hosting without any other type of servers. For example, if you have a facebook account it is held on a "cloud" where you can access it from any computer and it is the same, nothing is saved to a specific computer. Cloud computing is more reliable because of the space and freedom that it allows for companies, seeing as it is not tied down to just one server. It also is more reliable because it is not dependent upon one company to provide the actual server. 

Here is a youtube video that explains what cloud computing is and how useful it is to companies. 

Cloud computing is also useful for teachers because it enables them to work from more than just one computer, meaning that they can save work on a computer at home, have it saved to a cloud and then also access it from school so that they can work from multiple places and even be out of the classroom and still relay lesson plans and information directly to the substitute.