The cloud Matthias Liffers Emerging Technologies Specialist
By the way… Muh-TEE-us
Or to make it
What is a cloud? A visible mass of droplets Little drops of water or frozen crystals In the atmosphere Above the surface of the Earth or other planetary body
What is the cloud? Created by Sam Johnston, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license
How did this come about? Paradigm shift in server model Virtualisation Broadband Change in attitude
Cloud applications Productivity Google docs Microsoft Office Web Apps Online storage Dropbox SkyDrive Notes Evernote Tasks Remember the milk Freemium!
How does this help me? Data is not stored on your computer Potential cost benefits? Freedom for/from IT? Accessible anywhere 24/7 Anything can be cloud-hosted Corporate Files Applications
Problems Where is the data actually stored? USA PATRIOT Act Security Be careful with confidential data Internet traffic Traffic is subject to quotas in Australia
Examples of use Share files easily Access your own files Work collaboratively
Sharing files easily
Simple Fast Got a lot of responses, too!
Universal file access
Simple Fast Supported on a variety of platforms PC, Mac, Linux, iPad, iPhone, Android Blackberry coming soon
Work collaboratively
Simple Already being used by students at Murdoch and UWA
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