Cloud computing is the use of computing resources (hardware and software) that are delivered as a service over a network (typically the internet). The name comes from the use of a cloud-shaped symbol (as seen below) as an abstraction for the complex infrastructure it contains in system diagrams. Cloud computing entrusts remote services with a user’s data, software and computation.     The cloud has risen in popularity due to increasing dissatisfaction with the costs, internal resources, complexities and length of time that it takes to recognise value from IT investment’s.   With cloud computing, the […]