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Aus Salespoint
There is a lot of talk in the media about cloud computing. If you don't know what it is, you should! In fact, you are most likely already using some cloud-based applications.
Ever hear of gmail? Webex? Microsoft Windows Live? YouTube? eBay? Sure you have. Those are some sites that get the idea across. Cloud Computing is using resources that exist on someone else's computing platform to run your applications. That means that you can worry less (if you trust the host) about how much processing power, memory and storage that you have.
What's the benefit to Cloud Computing?
There are several upsides to using applications that exist in the cloud, including:
Anywhere Access Access your applications from anyplace that has an internet connection with your own equipment, or through shared access computers like those in an office or library.
Pay for What You Use Cloud based services are provided either free (paid through some advertising) or on a pay as you use type of model. This is great because you can easily scale up or down based on your needs. Got a new initiative that you need to roll out? Great - ramp up quickly using someone else's platform. Do you have an area that you want to close or change? Not so great, but at least you don't have the sunk cost of custom hardware/software platforms to worry about.
