Is your head in the cloud?

Cloud computing

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Do you think of cloud computing as some advanced theoretical concept that only super geeks and rocket scientists really understand?  Nothing could be further from the truth; you are probably already in the cloud in some way.Ask yourself the following questions.
  • Do I use Hotmail, Gmail or any other similar email service?
  • Do I have a Facebook profile?
  • Do I store and share my photographs online?

If you answered yes to any of these questions you are already ‘in the cloud’ even if you didn’t know it.

In fact in a recent survey of 2,251 adults, the Pew Internet Project found that some 69% of people online use webmail services, store data online, or use software programmes such as word processing applications whose functionality is located on the web.

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