Cloud computing

Cloud computing has become a major buzz word in the present day technology arena. Many of us do not know what it exactly means but almost all of us use it on a day to day basis when we check our Gmail or log on to Facebook.

Figure 3.12 Could computing

With the new advances in mobile broadband technologies, mobile devices have been reduced to just a terminal which accesses real-time information stored on the cloud. This will be the future when your address book, e-mails, text messages, videos, photos, music and calendars are stored on the cloud and are seamlessly synchronised between your phone, home computer and office computer.