tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689796206710355154.post265308127964648446..comments2011-12-21T20:41:15.930-05:00Comments on IS251-02 Fall 2011 Loyola University in Maryland: HP's Cloud SystemTheresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01190691631297776370noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689796206710355154.post-44599948688884054802011-09-21T20:50:27.577-04:002011-09-21T20:50:27.577-04:00This statement that the "cloud" is the w...This statement that the "cloud" is the wave of the future is true but where you focus on the Business side of it i come at the "cloud" as being more useful for the everyday user and kindle or Ipad owner. Huge corporations will most likely never trust their valuable data such as emails or bank statements to companies such as HP for security purposes. But for the everyday user the "cloud is a great way to store your info securely and make it easily accessible throughout the internet. Apple is creating a huge server farm in north carolina that will do precisely what you say the "cloud" will it will be a service that will store .me users info such as emails contact and even documents. The biggest example of the cloud in everyday use is the Kindle and amazon. Amazon uses the cloud to sell and rent books and textbooks to kindle suers. Without these servers and "cloud" the kindle would not be as popular as it is. Also from the point of a computer crash there are backups in place such as a backup drive to stop that and a backup drive is cheaper and more convenient then the cloud i believe will ever be. you can buy a terabyte drive for less than you can rent 5 gigabytes of space for, so wheres the practicality in that. The cloud has taken the form of a useful tool to store info and a way to make money but i don't think will ever replace servers for a huge corporation unless each corporation has there own "cloud" which would put HP's out of business anyways.Jack Raffenspergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01766669555362418750noreply@blogger.com