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THE CLOUD made easy

THE CLOUD made easy. What it is, how you can use it and some of the best Cloud apps and services. In a short span of time, cloud computing has changed the way in which businesses and individuals consume computing resources . PREDICTIONS.

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THE CLOUD made easy

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  1. THE CLOUD made easy What it is, how you can use it and some of the best Cloud apps and services.

  2. In a short span of time, cloud computing has changed the way in which businesses and individuals consume computing resources.

  3. PREDICTIONS In 2009 Juniper Research predicted that the total market for cloud-based mobile applications will rise from a little more than $400 million in 2009 to nearly $9.5 billion by 2014, at an average annual increase of 88%.

  4. PREDICTIONS In 2011 Forrester Research predicted that the global market for cloud computing will rise from about $41 billion in 2011 to $241 billion by 2020.

  5. WHAT IS “THE CLOUD”? AND WHY IS IT CALLED "THE CLOUD"? It’s all because the guys that build computer networks find it easier to draw a cloud to represent all the connections that make up the Internet The “cloud” is a word referring to all the hundreds of Internet connections involved in sending your emails, for example. Put simply, your email goes through a “cloud” of multiple Internet connections. As the Internet grew, all the connections on the Internet became known as the “cloud”.

  6. THE CLOUD GETS CLEVER… OR WHAT IS CLOUD COMPUTING”? Techies realized that they could do more than just provide connections in the cloud, they could actually hook up big computers with super computing power in the cloud and share these big computers with lots of people. With this idea, cloud computing was born. Think of cloud computing as literally a giant computer that you can access on the Internet. So now in addition to your personal computers, with cloud computing you now have another big computer in the cloud.

  7. SUMMARY The Cloud is a term for describing ways of using the Internet to plug into the collective power of hundreds or thousands of computers and turning your own home computer, laptop or smartphone into a doorway to a massive supercomputer that is at your beck and call 24 hours a day and quite often even for free. Cloud computing is the ability to employ a number of computers, hardware, software, and servers to serve your computing needs remotely without actually owning or running the software and hardware.

  8. BENEFITS OF CLOUD COMPUTING GOOGLE DOCS OR MICROSOFT POWERPOINT WEB APP

  9. BENEFITS OF CLOUD COMPUTING • MUCH CHEAPER than buying all that extra hardware and software (Adobe) • REMOTE ACCESS – you can access and update information wherever you are, from your laptop, your smartphone or even someone else’s desktop or laptop, rather than having to run back to the office • INSTANTLY SCALEABLE – more computers can be added to or removed from the cloud at any time so there are virtually unlimited processing capabilities to any user that wants to use cloud computing • FLEXIBLE - you can use as much or as little space as you need and not have to fill up your own hard drives • COLLABORATION – you can collaborate on documents or projects with others from anywhere in the world • AUTOMATIC UPDATES – no need to worry about paying for future software and hardware updates • DISASTER RELIEF – when your hard drive dies or you get a virus or theft or natural disaster, you can still access your apps and all your data, and your backups from the Cloud • EASE OF IMPLEMENTATION – usually very quick and easy to sign up for • EVENS THE PLAYING FIELD FOR SMALL BUSINESSES - your small business can utilize the same tools that Fortune 100 companies use and you will only pay for what you need

  10. WHAT ABOUT SECURITY? • CHECK THE FAQs when considering a Cloud app • “Your files are actually safer while stored in your Dropbox than on your computer in some cases. We use the same secure methods as banks. • Dropbox takes the security of your files and of our software very seriously. We use the best tools and engineering practices available to build our software, and we have smart people making sure that Dropbox remains secure. Your files are backed-up, stored securely, and password-protected via Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and AES-256 bit encryption. Dropbox uses Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) for storage, which has a robust security policy of its own.” • Supporters also argue that, essentially, most office-based PCs are Internet connected, so in theory they’re no more exposed when using the cloud. And some would argue that by using cloud technology, businesses are passing their data to experts that are also experts in protecting it, instead of an on-site machine that might be out-of-date and potentially at risk of attack.

  11. WHAT ABOUT SECURITY? • MANY CLOUD SECURITY FIRMS arespringing up to add extra layers of security for cloud computing companies • “In a few years, no-one will consider how secure cloud computing is because there will be few alternatives.” Nick Marshall, Giacom World Networks • Good idea to not rely only on Cloud for storing your data - have a local version as well - e.g. Gmail and Gdocs (use GooBackup for hard drive storage or on another Cloud service). Dropbox has this double-location safety automatically. • Intel, McAfee promoting Dynamic Plan • for securing the Cloud.

  12. EXAMPLES OF CLOUD COMPUTING • DATA STORAGE OR BACKUPS - Carbonite, Mozy, CloudZow, MyPCBackup, LiveDrive, BackBlaze, Dropbox, SugarSync, JustCloud, zip cloud, SOS, GoogleDrive, SkyDrive, Box, Amazon Cloud Drive and S3 and many more • (removable drives caveat) • FREE EMAIL ON THE GO – Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail • ONLINE COLLABORATION – GoogleDocs, LucidChart, MindJet Catalyst, Mindomo, Zoho, LiquidPlanner • VIRTUAL OFFICE – Google Docs, SkyDesktop, Cloudo, Google Calendar • MARKETING – HootSuite, Tweetdeck, Photoshop, Salesforce, Google Analytics, Animoto, SlideShare, GoToWebinar • USEFUL APPS/SOFTWARE – Catch, LastPass, BackPack, Remember The Milk, Lemon, RealStatistics, PicNic, Mint, OneNote, Hitman Pro (malware), Turbo Tax, EloquaAppCloud • EMAIL SERVICES – aWeber, MailChimp, iContact, Constant Contact

  13. EXAMPLES OF CLOUD COMPUTING • LARGE COMPANY EXAMPLES • YouTube - the simultaneous streaming and uploading of millions of files by millions of users with minimal glitches takes massive, well-supported resources. • Facebookand Twitter also use cloud computing to serve millions of users at once. • Huluand Netflix offer instant streaming of movie content to personal computers and HD televisions on-demand, without users needing to purchase additional software or hardware. • Livestream is completely serverless. It offers video streaming, yet does not own a single server. It rents cloud computing capabilities like a utility. • Amazon – giant cloud mall.

  14. CLOUD APPS I LIKE • DATA STORAGE OR BACKUPS - CloudZow, Dropbox • FREE EMAIL ON THE GO – Gmail • ONLINE COLLABORATION – GoogleDocs, LucidChart, Mindomo • VIRTUAL OFFICE – Google Docs, SkyDesktop, Google Calendar • USEFUL APPS – Catch, LastPass, RealStatistics, OneNote, Google Analytics • EMAIL SERVICES –aWeber, Constant Contact

  15. UNLIMITED BACKUP – no limit on storage amount • LOWEST PRICE – $5 per month • 15 DAY FREE TRAIL – test it out for free – no card • KEEPS MULTIPLE VERSIONS – so you can go back to 30 earlier versions of your documents • ACCESS YOUR FILES FROM ANYWHERE – via web apps, Android, iPhone & desktop apps • CHOOSE FILES/FOLDERS - ANY DRIVE –not all offer this • 24/7 SUPPORT –others don’t usually offer this • VERY EASY TO SET UP & USE –and it just works • INCOME OPPORTUNITY–youcan become affiliate

  16. http://saveyourfiles.cloudzow.com

  17. Capture Anything for free • Easily capture anything that matters to you, online or offline. • Create notes with text, images or voice or from web pages • Capture information on-the-go on Android and Apple smartphones & tablets • Access and update your mobile notes in the Catch web interface & vice versa • View and add notes anytime, even if you’re without wireless access • Easily organize notes by category • Fast search through all notes • Share notes & collaborate with others • Auto-sign in via Facebook or Google

  18. Lets you create basic documents, spreadsheets, drawings, presentations, etc., which can then be stored online and shared and worked on in real-time with others. Google Docs can import and export Microsoft Office and OpenOffice and other documents. Microsoft also makes its Office applications as online documents via its SkyDrive service.

  19. GOOGLE DOCS

  20. GOOGLE DOCS

  21. GOOGLE DOCS

  22. GOOGLE CALENDAR

  23. ONENOTE

  24. DROPBOX SAVE YOUR FILES TO ALL YOUR DEVICES • Any file you save to Dropbox also instantly saves to your computers, phones, and the Dropbox website • The latest version of any document is always with you • Works with Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad iPhone, Android & Blackberry • You always have your files, whether or not you’re online • Transfers just the parts of a file that change (not the whole thing) • Can share files and folders for collaborative work • Keeps past versions of your files • Any changes can be undone, and files can be undeleted • Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and AES-256 bit encryption (deleting parent drive caveat)

  25. DROPBOX

  26. MINDOMO

  27. LASTPASS

  28. GOOGLE ANALYTICS

  29. GOOGLE ANALYTICS • # of unique visitors - % new • How many pages they viewed, and which • How long they stayed on the site (by %) • Which page they arrived at and the flow of which pages they went to • # of visits per page • Frequency of visits • % that left site immediately • Where they came from - % of referrals (and which sites), direct and search engines and social networks • Which keywords they used to find you (select “Old Version” at bottom) • Site speed • Demographics – language/country/city, system info (browser/OS/service provider), mobile info (Device/OS/service provider/screen resolution) • Conversions and more…

  30. Very fast to add statistics (1 click) • Evaluate the state of your company at a glance • Spot where things changed so you can figure out what changed and fix it • Overlay graphs to see relationships

  31. http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/best-free-online-applications-and-services.htmhttp://www.techsupportalert.com/content/best-free-online-applications-and-services.htm • HUGE LIST OF BEST FREE ONLINE CLOUD APPS & SERVICES

  32. http://bestsecrets.org trockliff@gmail.com

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