We revamped one of our first infographics to better answer the question: what's the difference between a cloud and the cloud, anyway? We asked two cloud experts, a weatherman and a computer geek, to shed some light.

1. THERE ARE 3MAIN
CLOUD PATTERNS
A CLOUD
CLOUDS ARE TALENTED
A visible mass
of condensed
water vapor
floating in the
atmosphere.
A fancy name for
“Cloud Computing.”
In Laymen’s terms, it’s
computing resources
delivered via the Internet.
A WEATHERMAN AND A GEEK
Questions for
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2
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THERE ARE 3 MAIN
CLOUD MODELS
What’s the difference between a cloud and the cloud anyway?
Cirrus: curly or fibrous
They can produce...
for “raining on your parade.” so use your imagination.
Convenient
Flexible
Secure
Relaxing
Comfortable
Inspiring
What you need to know is...
place to keep your precious
data and programs.
and there’s nothing else
quite like one.
IT WORKS LIKE THIS
THE SPACE BETWEEN YOUR
COMPUTER AND THAT
SERVER IS THE CLOUD.
You save your data, like...
...on the cloud, using
a physical device like a...
...and play a big part in...
Stratus: layered
Cumulus: heaped or piled
Infrastructure as a Service
Platform as a Service
Software as a Service
What you need to know is...
SO LET’S STOP
GIVING CLOUDS SUCH
A HARD TIME.
Rain Fog Snow Bank
Statements
Baby
Pictures
Love
Letters
Desktop Smartphone TabletTornadoes Thunderstorms Temperature
The CLOUD
NOW HERE’S THE NIFTY PARTCLOUDS OFTEN GET A BAD RAP
WE ASKED THESE EXPERTS ALL ABOUT CLOUDS.
Instead of that
baby picture of
you in a bathtub
being saved to
the device, it
gets transmitted
over the Internet
to a physical
server in a fully
secure location.
But they’re
actually quite
nice, and lots
of fun. They
can be found
impersonating
anything from
bunnies to
racecars in
their spare time.
It’s not always easy being a
Weatherman. When things are good,
when he predicts the perfect sunny
day, he’s everyone’s favorite person.
But when things are bad, they’re
really bad. People blame the
Weatherman for a ruined picnic
or wedding day, but it’s not
really his fault.
It can be rough for a Computer Geek
too. These infrastructure support
experts are the weathermen of the
new technological space known as
“the cloud.” Like the Weatherman,
the Computer Geek may not have
all the predicting power of a Magic 8
Ball, but he sure does know what
the cloud is capable of.
the cloud is aa cloudy day is
No, we’re not weathermen, but we do have our
share of computer geeks! Want to learn more
about cloud computing and its benefits?
Visit our website!
www.rapidscale.net