Cloud Hosting – What Is It And Should You Be Using It?
Posted by AndyN
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We hear a lot these days about “the cloud” so what is cloud hosting? You can use applications in the cloud, store data in the cloud and host your website in the cloud. In practical terms cloud computing is simply a set of pooled computing resources and services delivered over the internet. If you produce a diagram showing how this works it resembles a cloud.
If you use applications or store data in the cloud the big benefit is that you can assess them from anywhere, on any device, provided you have an internet connection. Hosting is rather different, here the key benefits are flexibility and resilience. Read the rest of this entry »
