Week 8: Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is a great technological innovation. It allows you to store data somewhere in a remote server for editing, distributing, and storage -- without any worry that flood, fire, or computer crash may damage or erase the data. I'll upload some of important work-related documents onto Google Doc lest they be destroyed by computer malfunction. I can see the role of cloud computing in building a digital campus because students, faculty, and staff could share information and ideas more easily. Is it better than Blackboard? But the biggest downside of cloud computing is security and reliability. For many companies, their business data is the core asset. Will they trust their data and its reliability, security, and confidentiality to others in the cloud? I don't think so. I believe that cloud computing will be a big trend only when security problem can be solved. How can our library benefit from this technology? I am still thinking.