Cloud Computing 101 Part 1
Everyone with a website or accounting software/customer relationship module that is shared at company level will have a server.
A server is a piece of hardware that sits in the company's server room, or one that is rented from a hosting company. A server is the gate keeper to the world wide web.
Now with cloud computing, you dont need a server. You simply host your website or application in the 'clouds'. :)
What's the advantage of that? You dont need a server of course! Server costs a lot of money. Thousands to purchase and maintain annually. Thousands to rent it from hosting companies and for the set up fees.
So, lesson number one. Cloud can potentially save a lot of money.
Read on to Part II
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