Cloud Computing: The Utility of the Future?

Cloud Computing: The Utility of the Future?

This is the first blog for the IT Division of Ibell Cowlin and this is also my first blog too!  I’m Robin White and I head the IT desk for Ibell Cowlin.  I am about to celebrate my fourth anniversary with the company and, I must add, life here just gets better and better!  I hope you like the following discussion and if you like what you read why not add a comment or like it on Facebook...

The Cloud is not a new thing, it’s been around for a years and already pervades our daily lives.  It has been creeping in with little fanfare and delivers, for example, communication on a grand scale that we would now struggle to live without.  Some people think they know exactly what it is, some haven’t got a clue.

In essence The Cloud exists when third parties supply remote services over the internet.  These services can vary from something as simple (I don’t mean it in a flippant way) as Facebook where communication and storage is provided to users.  Users can then login to their account wherever they are in the world and have access to the same information that they could from their home computer.

A more recent development in the cloud is cloud computing, where computational power and storage are provided on a scalable level at a reduced cost of traditional storage and processing capabilities.

The benefits of cloud computing are numerous.  It can eliminate the need for procuring hardware, save time by not having to install applications onto every computer in an organisation, applications and information can be accessed from any terminal in the world (political barriers notwithstanding!) and services can be scalable in way that have never been possible until now.

So what of the future for The Cloud and cloud computing?  Undoubtedly The Cloud is here to stay and cloud computing will only grow in capacity and services offered.  Most technologists see that the natural progression for cloud computing will be for it to become the utility of the future, offering storage and processing facilities on demand.  Like our vital supplies of water, gas and electricity, computer storage capacity could be regulated and supplied like other utilities are today.

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