Morning All,
To further help explain what Cloud Computing is, I thought it would be good to discuss what Cloud Computing isn’t.
With traditional computing, you install and run your applications locally on your computer. If any updates or new versions of software are released for the applications installed on your PC. You are responsible for updating your device
Traditional computing means you require what’s called a “fat client” or desktop computer. This means you need to run a supported operation system such as Microsoft XP, Vista or 7. This requires you to ensure the Windows security patches which are released each week are installed to ensure you are protected from the latest security threats
Windows also release periodic updates to improve, stabilise and resolve bugs within the operating system.
With every PC you require an anti-virus program to protect your PC from viruses, Trojans, adware and spyware. This need to be updates every time an update is released;
Documents are stored on the machine you created them on. Backing up these documents requires software installed on your machine and an external device to back these documents up to. Again, it is your responsibility to ensure your data is being backed up successfully everyday.
Accessing your documents means you need to be on the device you stored them on, or you need to procure remote access software to access your information from another PC. Some important points are: The PC you need to remotely access has to be switched on, when accessing the information remotely, you are bound by the internet connection you are remotely accessing from, and the internet connection the device you are trying to connect in on.
Access speeds are generally a lot slower because of this and uses a lot more resources on the remote device to work.
Cloud computing or hosted desktops do not depend on any of the above. This is why there are many benefits over traditional desktop computing.
We will be discussing cloud computing benefits is upcoming blogs.
Thanks
Steve John – The Sagari Team