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Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Cloud Computing made simple
We often times hear about businesses going on the cloud. What does it mean? Lot is being talked about SMAC - Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud. Undoubtedly, a lot is happening around these four buzzwords. In this post, I will very succinctly touch upon what cloud computing is.
To begin with let's understand what is the "Cloud" in "Cloud computing" all about? Cloud refers to a collection of interconnected computers (servers/super computers) that host softwares, operating systems, etc.
Cloud Computing is the ability to use the power of these computers (located somewhere else) and their software, via the Internet (or sometimes other networks), without the need to own them. They are being provided to you, as a service.
Think of the cloud as a power grid. You can get all of the resources, software and information you need, when you need it - just like the electricity in your home.
You pay for as much you utilize the resources. All the resources are available as a service to you.
Cloud computing comes in 3 flavors:
1) Software as a service
Softwares are hosted on servers which you can access via the Internet. You don't own the software meaning you don't have to install it on your computer to be able to use it. You just hook up to the internet and access the software through the web. This saves your storage space. Additionally, you don't have to bother about installing those pesky software upgrades that pop up periodically whenever there is one available by its manufacturer. All you do is pay as you use the software.
Eg. Google Apps, Salesforce and Zoho
2) Infrastructure as a service
You buy computing hardware to use over the net, usually servers, or online storage. You buy what you need and pay-as-you-go. A basic example of this is a web hosting for your website. You pay monthly fee to a hosting company for the storage on their servers and to have them serve up files for your website from those servers. E.g. Dropbox
3) Platform as a service
Think of the cloud as a power grid. You can get all of the resources, software and information you need, when you need it - just like the electricity in your home.
You pay for as much you utilize the resources. All the resources are available as a service to you.
Cloud computing comes in 3 flavors:
1) Software as a service
Softwares are hosted on servers which you can access via the Internet. You don't own the software meaning you don't have to install it on your computer to be able to use it. You just hook up to the internet and access the software through the web. This saves your storage space. Additionally, you don't have to bother about installing those pesky software upgrades that pop up periodically whenever there is one available by its manufacturer. All you do is pay as you use the software.
Eg. Google Apps, Salesforce and Zoho
2) Infrastructure as a service
You buy computing hardware to use over the net, usually servers, or online storage. You buy what you need and pay-as-you-go. A basic example of this is a web hosting for your website. You pay monthly fee to a hosting company for the storage on their servers and to have them serve up files for your website from those servers. E.g. Dropbox
3) Platform as a service
Platforms are softwares used for developing, designing and testing other softwares. You pay to design, develop and test applications using platforms that are hosted on the cloud. This rids you off the headache of having proper machine configuration for each type of platform you use.
Eg. Java - a programming language requires a particular machine configuration, whereas, Python requires yet another configuration.
Here is a video to know more about Cloud computing.
Thursday, 22 November 2012
The History of the Internet
Let's begin with understanding the Web. Before we do so, we need to understand what encompasses the WWW- yes, it is the Internet. You will be surprised to know that Internet existed long before World Wide Web did. Internet simply put, is an interconnection of several computers that are able to work together to facilitate data exchange.
World Wide Web on the other hand, is a collection of interconnected documents hosted on these interconnected computers that can be accessed via the Internet. That means, when you go online and browse something, you end up hooking up your computer to the large interconnection of computers. Let's look at the following video to understand more on the history of the Internet.
World Wide Web on the other hand, is a collection of interconnected documents hosted on these interconnected computers that can be accessed via the Internet. That means, when you go online and browse something, you end up hooking up your computer to the large interconnection of computers. Let's look at the following video to understand more on the history of the Internet.
Sunday, 4 November 2012
First things First
Welcome to my blog. I appreciate your presence on this blog.
I'm here to help non-technical people gracefully embrace web technology and be totally aware of the happenings in the world of Internet.
There are a host of technology websites such as Techcrunch, Techgig etc that talk about the day to day happenings in the world of Internet. However, many of us belonging to non-technology backgrounds can’t connect to articles on such blogs because these blogs use a lot of technical jargons that scares the shit out of non-technical people, people who haven’t had education in technology or those have very little exposure to technology. Today, Internet has become indispensable in our lives. Hence, staying ignorant about Internet and the host of softwares the web has to offer is no more bliss, as the world around us in constantly changing for the most part due to innovations in technology.
My purpose with this blog is to help non-technical people have a say about the happenings in the world of Internet technology by making web technology sound deliciously simple.
So, stay tuned peeps.
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