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14. Cloud Technology based services
♤ Cloud Computing is a technology that uses the internet and central remote servers to maintain data and applications.
♤ Cloud computing allows consumers and businesses to use applications without installation and access their personal files at any computer with internet access.
♤ This technology allows for much more efficient computing by centralizing data storage, processing and bandwidth.
♤ Network-based data collection and analysis required the use of a computer to not only host the data, but to handle traffic either through a server company owned or one leased from a service provider.
♤ Cloud computing leverages the power of the Internet to eliminate the need for the purchase, installation and maintenance of independent data centers and networks.