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1. Will Have Your
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3. What the
Heck is
Cloud
Computing,
Anyway?

4. Cloud Computing and
Your Business

5. Life in “The Cloud” is becoming
ever more popular for everyone
from gamers to business
executives.

6. The reason for this?
Convenience,
adaptability, and
mobility.

7. From secure storage and file
sharing to virtual offices;

8. from reduced
capital investments
to improved system
management;

9. from expanded
resources to
improved
communication,

10. the cloud offers all of these
things and more.

11. What is
the cloud?

12. As with most emerging technologies,
many people have differing ideas
about what “The Cloud” is all about.

13. Essentially, cloud computing is
about offering choices and
increased versatility,

14. with every tool you need to be
productive available 24/7, 365 in a
secure, online environment.

15. In fact, if you have a
Hotmail or Gmail
account, you’re already
using cloud computing,
because the email
program you use is
hosted off-site.

16. Cloud power allows
you to do the same
thing with virtually
every program and
app your
organization uses,

17. hosting them for you in a
secure, off-site environment.

18. The Private Cloud vs.
The Public Cloud

19. There are basically two types of
cloud service to choose from –
public and private, but with a twist:

20. The Public Cloud

21. The Public Cloud allows your organization to access
secure storage and applications available to
everyone, reducing investments in hardware,
programs, and bandwidth.

22. The service is
scalable to your
needs and you only
pay for what you
use.

23. The Public Cloud from
Microsoft can include
access to Office 365

24. Or to limited Office web apps in SkyDrive,
and many other productivity tools that
your organization uses every day.

25. The Private Cloud

26. The Private Cloud is
tailored to the specific
needs of your
organization and is
offered to a very limited
number of users; those
within your organization
only.

27. It provides increased data security
and enhanced control, as the
“customer base” is highly limited to
those within your company.

28. The Private Cloud from Microsoft, called
Azure, can include full access to all
features of Office and Outlook

29. And the system is tailored to the
specific needs of your organization.

30. The Hybrid Cloud

31. The Hybrid Cloud combines the two
services for you, essentially creating a
virtual private network (VPN)
for critical data,

32. while also allowing
you to communicate
with others outside
the network, such
as clients, in a
secure environment.

33. Microsoft SkyDrive
and Microsoft
Azure Cloud
Services

34. Microsoft offers two cloud based
services, with Office 365 as a minimal
alternative to the two.

35. It gets a bit confusing but let’s try to
understand what they are offering…

36. Microsoft SkyDrive and
Office 365 – are both
Public Cloud offerings.

37. Office 365 is
basically a cloud-
based version of
Office for use with
mobile devices,
while SkyDrive is a
full-service cloud-
based solution.

38. The free version of
SkyDrive offers the
user 7GB of online
storage, combined
with fully functional
sharing and real-
time collaboration,

39. as well as minimal
office functionality,
through
Office Web Apps.

40. Increased storage and functionality
are available for a surprisingly
modest annual fee.

41. Microsoft Azure – on
the other hand, can
be structured as a
complete virtual
office,

42. offering all the functionality of an
on-premises system but with
increased access for
the entire organization.

43. It is a pay-per-usage system, based
upon terabytes of data used.

44. Azure offers big data storage, access to
virtually any operating system, virtual machine
usage, website hosting, server hosting, access
to unlimited apps, and networking.

45. It is truly a virtual
office environment.

46. While the idea of cloud computing can be
confusing, we believe it helps to think of
it like this; whatever your current system
can do, the cloud can also do for you.

47. As long as your internet
connection is running,
every app and system
you have in place will be
available to every
person in your
organization 24/7, 365.

48. No more server downtime; no more
investments in new hardware; no more
buying and maintaining operating
systems and software programs.

49. They are all available to you
in The Cloud.

50. Discover more from
our article series
about your business
working in the
Cloud.
http://nssit.com/tag/cloud
-computing/

51. Please feel free to contact us for your network analysis.
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