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Category Archives: Cloud Computing

The Open Source/Cloud/Paid Software Mix

I use at home what I called the Open Source/Cloud/Paid Software Mix. You might ask what this is? What this is a mix between open source/Free software, Cloud computing strategies and paid software strategy. The big reasons for going this route are cost, support, usability and flexibility. Besides my Hardware I have fully licensed versions of ...

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Cloud Computing Pro and Cons

We have all heard the buzz of Cloud Computing in the last couple of years. I really do believe Cloud Computing is the future. I believe Cloud Computing will do well in small businesses and small companies who do not employ a full time IT department. I do believe a mix of Cloud Computing and ...

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Why You Should Back Up Data Stored in The Cloud

The Cloud is becoming more and more used everyday. Their are companies starting up all the time and their are companies that close all the time. How many of us think to back up data we store in the cloud? My bet is not many of us. As far as I am concerned if you ...

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The Cloud – Google

In cloud computing their is one real dominate company in the market. That dominate company is Google. Google started out as a search company but today they are the masters of the cloud and offer many great cloud applications. They are in social media,email and even word processing. A lot of this technology Google has ...

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The Future of Computing – The Cloud

Cloud Computing is not just the future of computing it is the present. A lot of people ask what is actually Cloud Computing. Cloud Computing is really a term for Internet based computing. The reason the term "Cloud" is used is most people use a cloud symbol to indicate the Internet on diagrams. Cloud Computing is ...

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Blog Changes

Lately I have been bogging at least once a week. I usually at least one blog on the weekend where the topics range from anything in technology, social media or the Internet. I am planning on continuing this format. I will also try and do other posts depending on how my time commitment is. In addition ...

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Upgrade to Vista Part 3

After all the dust has settled it seems I am having one issue still. It turns out my backup Carbonite is having an error. I have emailed technical support and  they are working on it - their product is Vista compatible. Not bad one issue out of a major upgrade.

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Cloud Computing Applications

As promised I have put together a list of Cloud Computing Applications which I use. View Cloud Computing Applications List

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What I Use Part 2

If you look at the graph of what I use - It is apparent that I use Firefox more then any other application. A lot of people would ask why is that. Their is a simple reason. I run a lot of applications that fall into the "Cloud Computing" category. What this means is that ...

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