Week 14- Muddy

A cloud. It just kind of floats up in the air on its own. It doesn't need any support. It doesn't need to be physically connected to something. "Cloud technology" applies some of these same concepts to the computing world. Cloud computing is an Internet based technology that connects the resources, software, hardware, and other parts of individual computers together. Using this technology someone might only need a computer monitor and keyboard, no storage hardware. Everything that you do on your computer can be stored elsewhere. Power can be shared and distributed as needed from different sources. It is refered to a cloud because of the picture of multiple computers being virtually connected.

This cloud technology is very helpful and useful in the business environment. It can be very economically benefical. A business can allocate its resources efficiently. If a business has only a limited need for a computer, it does not have to fully invest in a complete storage system that is made for a lot of information. It can simply use power and storage as needed through a host source. Also, a business can buy software in a way that may be best for them. Say a company would only have two or so people using a program at a time. Then they can purchase access to that program accordingly. For example, the use of five Excels at a time.