What is a Cloud?
What is a Cloud? There is a lot of talk about Clouds, not the clouds in the sky but rather the virtual clouds we all seem to have but have no idea what to do with. I hope to clear up the misconceptions about clouds and help you understand what they are and how exciting they really can be. Think of a cloud like a sky rise. In this sky rise there is a hotel, there are apartments and business suites and even a penthouse at the top. From the lobby everyone enters and goes to their places of business or homes. Everyone rents something here, they rent from the building owner and the building owner may live or have an office here as well. Let's relate this to the cloud. The cloud is a computer that stores things for people like you and businesses. You may own a business. You may want to store all your files in an apartment for a long period of time and come by from time to time and get something. Another person may need temporary storage like a the hotel patron. And another may need...