Welcome to the ‘cloud’. Umm… where exactly is it?
Like it or not, the world is moving into the cloud.
Photos. Music. Files. Emails. Data. Entire business projects are now disappearing in this mysterious invisible space that we can only visit virtually – when we are logged on the internet.
Time to investigate: where, exactly, is ‘the cloud’? And what is it good for?
Let’s ditch the dark dingy cupboards filled with flashing lights and a tangle of cables.
In short, the cloud solves a big data storage problem for businesses. It puts an end to the need to buy, store and maintain hardware onsite, which is becoming increasingly costly and poses other risks around security and business continuity if things go wrong.
The cloud finishes this hardware jumble. Backup systems? Storage space? From now on, you can leave this worry to someone else – to some of the world’s biggest tech corporations, to be exact. Microsoft, Google, Amazon – these companies are the gatekeepers of the cloud. They have created millions of terabytes worth of server space, locked up securely in giant datacentres around the world. Together, these datacentres form the cloud.
The cloud is the future of doing business.
At Cadence, we believe the cloud is the future. This decentralised method of storing data is now so mature and safe that the world’s biggest businesses, governments and banks are using it extensively.
In Australia, 42% of businesses used cloud computing services last year, according to a survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. That’s up from 31% two years earlier.
More are poised to join in coming years. The reason: the cloud makes business cheaper (you only pay for hardware and memory space when you use it). It also makes it more efficient (cloud software can automate many tedious tasks by syncing your email servers, spreadsheets and calendars). And it’s more convenient (because everything you need is always accessible from whichever device you have at hand).
Cadence’s cloud partner: Microsoft.
Which particular cloud does your data live in when you work with custom software made by Cadence? We use the Microsoft Cloud, because we’ve been aligned with Microsoft from the day our business was born in 2016. Read another blog to find out what Microsoft Azure does for us.