N1CK3RS0N Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Hello, I was wondering if anyone could help explain this term to me. I'm starting to hear it a lot now. Tried looking up some definitions on it via Google and on Wikipedia but its all really technical and confuses me haha. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garethp Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 From what I've gathered over the past month or so, Cloud Computing is basically web based apps, like Google Docs. It's where all your computing is done on external severs on the internet (The "Cloud") so you just need a browser, and the programs will all be done on websites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Eh, kind of, but it's not limited to web applications (in the sense of inside a browser). It's basically the concept of storing stuff on a server instead of local workstations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 I think it's more of a buzz word for several different concepts. It seems that core idea is to distribute the data and computing power... anyway, you're probably not the only person having problem with understanding what EXACTLY it means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 It's a buzz word for a retro concept. Storing your stuff on a mainframe and using a thin client/terminal to access it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zq29 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Although, it's not limited to remote storage - It also include remote processing. I've seen some concept somewhere for playing bleeding-edge games on 'The Cloud', although that would require some fairly wide bandwidth I'd imagine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 I've yet to find out how exactly Cloud differs from GRID... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 It's a buzz word for a retro concept. Storing your stuff on a mainframe and using a thin client/terminal to access it. I think the key difference, although the same concept is that the cloud represents a network of servers, rather than one big mainframe. In the end I like to have power at my fingertips, not in the air so to speak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1CK3RS0N Posted October 21, 2009 Author Share Posted October 21, 2009 I think it's more of a buzz word for several different concepts. It seems that core idea is to distribute the data and computing power... anyway, you're probably not the only person having problem with understanding what EXACTLY it means. Haha, yeah. Figured that. As one article I read said, "everyone seems to have a different definition of 'cloud computing'". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Kind of puts a spin on such expressions as 'My head's in the clouds' or 'I'm on cloud 9!' Nerds are liable to repond with 'Oh yeah? Which SaaS?' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILMV Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Amazon provide some of the most popular cloud computing tools, they work extremely well for low budget outfits, but also allow very quick scaling. You see you only rent what you need, saving capital on hardware and maintenance etc. Microsoft also have a cloud computing platform called Azure... needless to say when they demoed it at a conference I attended earlier in the year the speaker couldn't get it to work, not surprising really. If any of you have used the app Dropbox then you might know that that runs on Amazons S3 platform (http://aws.amazon.com/s3/). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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