In recent years, we are getting familiar with this term, “cloud technology”. Through the revolution of technology, we are eager to build the “super machine” to make our life convenient in any possible way. From personal to business, education organisations to medical institutions, the advantage and benefits of cloud technology has already created the great impact of our daily life.
Cloud technology to bring business/individual opportunities:
The so-called cloud computing is to use mass computer network to provide information services, which can be designed according to different requirements.
In fact, the cloud technology it is just a simple idea – Store the resources on the central location (cloud) where everyone can access them.
For users, the idea of future of computer and network services is just like household utility usage where you push a button for electricity, turn on the tap for water, without knowing where the resources come from, nor how does it works. For cloud computing, users will only need to connect to the internet without investing in any hardware equipment, which save a lot of money.
Accessibility and Popularity
No matter where we are, as long as we can connect to the internet, you are able to access to the resources. Whether its laptop, mobile phones or any kind of portable tablets, easy accessibility has become the core benefit of cloud technology.
Sharing Resources
Another idea of cloud technology is the ability to store the information in the central location which can be accessed and shared by everyone. For organisation, to centralise the data in one location not only makes the workflow more efficiently but also avoids duplicate data. By optimising the storage, it will not only save time, but reduce the cost.
Overall, the idea of cloud computing is to create economic value, from personal to enterprises, from educational organisation to medical institutions. The essential goals are to improve the quality of life, to optimise the workflow, to create more employment opportunities, and nevertheless to reduce the cost. However, with all these benefits, there are still some factors which might stop us to think about before moving forward.
The invisible hidden damage – Security
If the Internet is interrupted, the cloud users will not be able to access the data. For business enterprises, the business Information or personal information stored in the cloud have the possible leaked or hacked if the security is compromised, the breach will cause an enormous damage.
The stability of cloud computing
While everyone is enjoying the benefit of retrieving and sharing the resources in the cloud, the connection stability will also be one of the factors which affect the business workflow efficiency such as network is stability, or connection quality.
As mentioned before, cloud technology benefits from individual to business, from educational organisation to medical institutions, the essential goal is to achieve a better life. Even if you do not understand what cloud computing is, we are already living our life in it. For example, Facebook is one of the world’s largest social networking. We access the information, playing games, through internet, which is the cloud idea.
As the light-speed improvement of our technology day by day, the security issue will eventually be out of the way and cloud technology for the future communities will create unlimited business/personal opportunities.
