What is cloud? The cloud is the Internet. Before cloud was a buzz word, cloud was (and still is) illustrated on a network diagram signifying access to a service or a device outside the company LAN (local area network). Really, it’s just a picture of a cloud that is used as a communication tool for what the network looks like.
Before discussing, debating or digesting terms like private cloud,
public cloud or hybrid cloud, in simple terms “the cloud” is any service you use outside your 4 walls. This blog is in the cloud. Your Internet banking is in the cloud and, one day perhaps, many of your business tools you use today within your company network will be in the cloud too.
