The problem with cloud computing | Train Signal Training - Free Computer Training Videos

Yesterday the internet was so a buzz, you would have thought Microsoft had gone under. The culprit? Gmail was not working. Let me rephrase that, the web version of Gmail was not working. Those with iPhones, other popmail accounts, or iGoogle were still able to receive and send email. Yet even with all these work arounds, people were still acting like clean water had run out.

I won’t lie, I too grumbled for a little bit about the loss of email. Then I realized there’s a bigger problem here than not being able to see the new shirts from Nerdy Shirts and what’s happening on Facebook. Gmail uses cloud computing. So rather than having your emails stored on your computer’s hard drive (or your work’s servers) it’s stored on one at Google’s headquarters...