What is Cloud Computing ? Concept Explained

This article is a guest post written by Rohit from Techno Market. He has been writing about various upcoming technologies since the last 5 years!

Cloud Computing in simple terms means the services for hosting data over the internet is known as cloud computing. “Cloud” as a metaphor for the internet is of common line, but when joined with “computing” gets complicated and much bigger and greater than ever. The name Cloud computing was itself represented by the cloud symbol which was often used in the internet for diagrams and flowcharts. It has a co-relation with IT sector as a whole as whenever we think on cloud computing, IT sector also strikes to our mind automatically without any knowing.

What are Cloud Services?

Cloud Hosting Services are different from other old hosting services as they have a certain uniqueness which makes them different from other hosting channels. Cloud Computing is sold on demand, which is more elastic as a user can have more flexibility according to their needs; by the hour or minutes time features which allows user to have a Personal computer or a desktop with any internet connection and all other services are managed by the provider only. Major innovation in this digitalized internet and circulated computing, as well as enhanced high-speed Internet access , have accelerated more importance for cloud computing. When your Data is on the Cloud it is accessible from anywhere anytime. You need to worry about any particular server going down!

Who uses Cloud Services?

Today many big Companies are using Cloud Computing Services mainly by banks, Financial Institutions and others too which makes them different from other websites as they are having access to new improvised features which only cloud computing can provide. A Cloud can be of two types mainly: Public & Private cloud. As we know by the name itself Public sells the services to anyone so its Public as everybody can have the access when they go for it but Private cloud is a data center owned by the proprietor network which allows access to only few people and so has a limited access which results in virtual private cloud.

Safety and Security of data are given due importance when hosting it on the cloud. Needless to say, Google and other big companies have adopted Cloud technologies and are having good success with it. Availability of data is also taken care of and easy disposal is facilitated.

It wouldn’t be wrong to call Cloud Computing as the Next Big thing in the Internet Revolution!