Cloud : Detail and Advantage

The desire to share content and access it on multiple devices will motivate consumers to start storing a third (nearly 33%) of their digital content using cloud computing by 2016, Gartner said today.

In 2011, it was just 7%, however it is rising to 33% by 2015. This seems a great rise. So, the question arises what is cloud and how it is beneficial to us? Today we are going tell you details regarding clouds, its uses and advantages.

What is Cloud?

This question is normal and arises in many people mind. To understand this, let's first think that how do you save your data (photos, files, music) in your computer (hard disk, pen drive, DVD, CD). If you save data in that manner then, you are saving data in your local system.

However today, many people likes to store their data somewhere else, out of their PC, like photos in Facebook, videos in you tube. In that case your data is not in your local system, it is somewhere else, and in that case cloud comes into picture. They can be treated as cloud.

So when you saving your data outside your local system to access it from any PC, from anywhere you want, then you are using cloud. This may represent to any email also that is saved in mail service provider's servers.

So, Cloud is an application which lets you to store your data in the internet. There are many web-services which are providing this service. some of them are  Google drive, Dropbox, Yahoo, Facebook etc.

So, what's the benefit of using cloud?

1. You can access it from anywhere/anytime as it is saved in internet.
2. You don't have to worry about your space in local system; service provider will take care of it.
3. You can easily share it with anybody.
4. You always have a backup of your data if your local data gets lost or becomes corrupted.

Wow, I want to use it.

If you are feeling like this, then go on. Below given are links to some of the service providers which gives cloud service. Just click on the link and start using it.

1. Dropbox(recommended) for details click here
2. google drive
3. SugarSync
4. Microsoft skydrive
5. justcloud
6. livedrive

Some steps to be followed while using it.

1. Make sure you don't share your password with anyone, otherwise they may access to your sensitive data.
2. Be careful of the bandwidth that you are using and the cost of internet for it.
3. You can't access it, if you don't have internet connection.

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