What Does Cloud Computing Mean for You?

Cloud computing is set to take over the world, or at least possibly replace Microsoft Outlook. The cloud concept is simple: It's a way to access your data and apps from anywhere, via the Internet (or "the cloud"). Yet everyone from Gartner Group to Google has a slightly different take on cloud computing: It can be anything from storing and sharing documents on Google Docs to running your entire co

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John Brandon notes, "Security is one critical issue that both companies must address. Depending on the SaaS provider, data can be encrypted from point to point, and since services are Web-based, they're very easy to patch."

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John Brandon cites Dave Girouard:""Google is investing enormous amounts of capital and sweat equity to ensure that we can protect your data better than you can do yourself," he says. "Cloud computing will be additive. Usage patterns will change, and users will look primarily to the cloud(...)"