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Did you know that many of the mobile apps you use on your smartphone are powered by the cloud? That is, when you download an app onto your device, you don’t really install the entire program, but only the interface for transmitting inputs and displaying outputs. The bulk of the app — which does the actual data processing — is in the cloud. This means that apps won’t consume as much space and processing power as they would if they were locally installed in full. [...]

Much of the world is finally recovering from COVID-19. Businesses have adapted to shifts, such as spikes in online ordering and dips in the number of employees who prefer to work in offices. These shifts resulted in more companies adopting cloud services, which gave them access to vast computing, networking, and data storage resources and empowered them to quickly implement necessary infrastructural changes. Here are some of the most important 2022 cloud tech predictions: [...]

Since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic, more and more companies have subscribed to public cloud services to support remote and hybrid work arrangements. This means that there is also an increasing amount of company data being stored in the cloud, which makes it vulnerable to cybersecurity risks. This is why your businesses must secure your data in the public cloud. Here are four ways you can protect your company data in the public cloud: [...]

In most cases, migrating your business apps from in-house servers to the cloud makes sense. Your apps can leverage greater processing power, memory, and storage in the cloud than in an on-premises (on-prem) system.

However, there are cases where the need for greater control over data security and compliance with data regulations compel you to keep mission-critical apps on premises. Your staff would need to access one system to utilize on-prem apps and another to tap cloud-based apps, often at the same time. This is not as simple as it sounds. [...]

To understand what a hosted desktop is, let's first take a look at Software-as-a-Service or SaaS. Unlike a software program that’s installed on your laptop, a SaaS app is hosted on the cloud and delivered to your device over the internet. When you use a SaaS app, your device becomes an input interface and output display, but the processing and storing of data is done in the cloud.

Now, think of the apps and functionalities a computer has, but delivered to your device in one neat package over the cloud. This package is a hosted desktop, which is also referred to as Desktop-as-a-Service or DaaS. [...]

Cloud computing is the delivery of servers, storage systems, networks, databases, and other computer resources via the internet. Before the development of cloud technology, companies relied on their own in-house servers to deliver programs and data to end-users' computers. Today, it's difficult for many businesses to function without the cloud.

Many small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) find it more practical to use cloud services than maintain an on-premises (on-prem) system. Learn how SMBs benefit from cloud computing: [...]