The ten functions of cloud computing for enterprise growth

At the moment, PCs are still the core tool in our day-to-day life-we use PCs to process documents, store data, and share information with others via email or u disk. If the PC hard drive is broken, we will be stranded because of data loss. In the "Cloud computing" era, the cloud will do the work of storing and computing for us. "Cloud" is the computer group, each group includes hundreds of thousands of units, and even millions of computers. The benefit of the cloud is that the computer can be updated at any time to ensure that the cloud is immortal. Google has several such "clouds", and other IT giants, such as Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon, have or are building such "clouds". At that time, we only need a computer to be able to access the Internet, do not need to care about the storage or calculation of which "cloud", but once necessary, we can use any equipment, such as computers, mobile phones, to quickly calculate and find this information. We don't have to worry about losing data any more.

Cloud computing (Cloud Computing) is the development of distributed processing (distributed Computing), parallel processing (Parallel Computing) and Grid computing (grid Computing), or the business implementation of these computer science concepts.

The rationale for cloud computing is to distribute computing across a large number of distributed computers, rather than on local computers or remote servers, where enterprise data centers run more like the Internet. This allows the enterprise to switch resources to the required applications and to access the computer and storage systems as needed.

With the cloud services provided by companies such as Google, Amazon and Salesforce, more companies can build businesses with less data to scale. These platforms are also useful for building operational applications, he said.

1. Share audio and video in apps in a safe and secure manner. No mistake, this function is ranked first? To be fair, this is a good feature, but the brilliance has been overshadowed by the simultaneous announcement of Chrome. But I had hoped that the first place would be more powerful than this.

2. Fast, safe and reliable network applications. Glotzbach said that Chrome is "a great leap forward" in terms of speed and stability. Especially speed is very important to the development of network application.

3. Use templates for ready-made documents, spreadsheets, or briefings on the web. In fact, this is not a new feature because almost all productivity software already has this functionality.

4. Build an adjustable business application on a cloud computing platform. With cloud computing services from companies such as Google, Amazon and Salesforce, more companies can build businesses with less data to scale, Glotzbach said. These platforms are also useful for building operational applications, he said.

5. Easy collection of data from colleagues and customers into tables. Google recently added a form-collection tool to Google spreadsheets, which is a good feature. Glotzbach also demonstrates how to easily embed a form in a blog.

6. e-mail to organize all travel itinerary. Glotzbach praised TripIt, which is really a great tool to use our existing email services on the line.

7. Work together in sites and docs in a simple and safe manner. Project information can be produced, stored, and shared with partners and others, such as journalists or people, if necessary. This helps to "streamline traffic". I agree with this because I'm using Google Docs to work with CNET colleagues to document the files, and it's easy to share documents outside the company.

8. Chat with customers and partners in any language. Google Talk's real-time translation service pushes collaborative work into a new realm. Glotzbach on stage to demonstrate how to introduce the translator (translator Bot) into the chat process, and then use such links to talk to people who speak foreign languages.

9. Retrieve all emails. I have a problem with that. I am also a slave to exchange, just like other office workers who have to access corporate mail. I occasionally want to search for old emails on my PC, but I can't access those data on my iphone. Glotzbach also mentions how to use Internet E-mail Access Protocol (Internet Mail Access Protocol;imap) to open e-mail access to other interfaces such as network devices and mobile devices.

10. All mobile tasks. Glotzbach shows a photo taken with the iphone, and says "almost anything" with smart phones. Of course, his online activities are "almost entirely on cloud computing," such as using smart phones to access tools such as Google Docs.