{"id":220,"date":"2011-12-05T08:40:19","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T13:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epignosysit.com\/blog\/?p=220"},"modified":"2011-12-05T08:40:19","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T13:40:19","slug":"cloud-computing-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eitnetworks.net\/index.php\/2011\/12\/05\/cloud-computing-101\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Computing 101"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epignosysit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cloud_computing.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-221\" title=\"cloud_computing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.epignosysit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cloud_computing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"149\" \/><\/a>With more and more people and organizations accessing the Internet, and as the potential uses of the web grows, the way business is done is naturally evolving as well.<\/p>\n<p>One example of this is the emergence of cloud computing services. In essence, this is the outsourcing of an organization\u2019s IT services to a different company. Everything is managed through the Internet \u2013 through \u201cthe cloud\u201d, hence the term.<\/p>\n<p>There are three things that make cloud computing services different from usual hosting services:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The company only pays for the resources they use.<\/li>\n<li>Subscribers can adjust the amount of service they get based on their need.<\/li>\n<li>The service is completely managed by the service provider.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cloud computing services also include providing virtual data storage \u2013 meaning you store your data off site on the cloud service provider\u2019s secure servers. You can, however, still access your data through the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>There are both private and public cloud services. A public cloud service is available to everyone on the Internet, while private services are only available to specific client\u00e8le. Some cloud services use public clouds to provide private service, making them a virtual private cloud computing service.<\/p>\n<p>The increasing use of the web in our personal and social lives as well as in business gives the trend of cloud computing services vast potential. However, this service is not for everyone \u2013 for instance, if you have reservations about keeping sensitive information in a location outside your organization, you might want to pass.<\/p>\n<p>Want to learn the pros and cons of cloud computing services for your business model? Give us a call \u2013 we\u2019d be happy to discuss a possible cloud computing road map with you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With more and more people and organizations accessing the Internet, and as the potential uses of the web grows, the way business is done is naturally evolving as well. One example of this is the emergence of cloud computing services. In essence, this is the outsourcing of an organization\u2019s IT services to a different company. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,40,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-tech","category-it-managed-services","category-the-cloud"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eitnetworks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eitnetworks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eitnetworks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eitnetworks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eitnetworks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eitnetworks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eitnetworks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eitnetworks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eitnetworks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}