When cloud computing first came about, I admit I didn’t really get what it’s purpose was. It was never really clear to me what "The Cloud" was. And even after I somewhat understood what it was about, I didn't clearly grasp what we could do with this technology. Not to mention if it was safe and the data that I was "sending to the cloud" was protected or not.
Today it is much different. More and more I find myself, just like now as I type these notes, that I use cloud computing. I use Google Docs to type my notes and organize them before I actually type them into the blog. Over the past few months I have been using cloud computing in conjunction with two friends to correspond about workout routines and schedules. This has proven to be quite valuable in fine tuning the workout routines and schedules. Recently I introduced my wife to the cloud computing service, Dropbox, to transfer files from her work computer to our home computer. This method has saved her from having to carry around a USB flash drive to transfer her files from work to home.
Services such as Dropbox have been in the news questioning their terms of service. But that does not stop us from using it, just more cautious as to what we store there. Other services such as Amazon’s AWS was offline for two days causing a lot of business be dead in the water. Just recently, Google introduced their “Music Locker” which is still in Beta and by invitation only.
In the end, the thought of "Cloud Computing" that was once a question in my mind as to what it was, has proven itself as a valuable service. One that I would have a difficult time doing without.
