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In the clouds: Some down-to-earth research is needed before moving to cloud computing.(data storage)
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California CPA
- Article date:
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June 1, 2008
- Author:
- Bradley, Susan
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Once the playground of military and university research institutions with large and expensive processors that can store and share data, "cloud computing" is fast becoming more affordable to businesses.
Not familiar with cloud computing? Well, have you ever checked e-mail via a web-based interface? If so, you've been in the clouds.
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Simply put, "in the cloud" or "cloud computing" refers to data that's housed at a data center rather than at your firm.
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