Explaining Cloud Computing
_ Cloud computing where data, software applications have access from online resources and users get access.
- Reduce capital cost
- Cloud Computing is related with the Web 2.0
- Commercial is also a service
- Google also gives services in having access of cloud computing
- The trend compare to electricity company therefore cloud computing is also being refer to utility computing
“What cloud computing really means”
- The article explains, “Some analysts and vendors define cloud computing narrowly as an updated version of utility computing: basically virtual servers available over the Internet.”
- Applications to storage services to spam filtering
- MSP (managed service providers) One of the oldest forms of cloud computing
- Today cloud computing is described as "sky computing,".
Thomas Frey. The Future of Libraries: Beginning the Great Transformation
The article talks about how before librarians preserved everything in libraries. Today all that is in the libraries can now be found on the internet and for free…. The article also talks about the ten key trends of the next library generation…
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I like your summary of cloud computing "Servers on the Internet" While I understand the concept, this phrase makes a lot of sense.
Lets hope libraries keep changing for the better.
I wonder if libraries will become a cloud network--no longer having copies in-house, but remottely accessing them. I can see how this would be interesting and new, but also dangerous with increased reliance on one storage place
If libraries do become a cloud network kind of system then the users can have access to the same material at the same time which will be a great thing for both librarian and user.
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