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Cloud Computing: Dispelling the Remote Revolution Misconceptions

The cloud is more-or-less the next stage of online innovation

The following is a guest blog by Jim Nelson, a guest blogger for Sharefile.com where he writes about secure file transfer and other computer file-related topics.

Cloud computing is a few years old, but despite the many benefits and the fact that the term has entered the public consciousness, there are still a lot of people that are in the dark concerning what the cloud actually is and what it can do. It's not like the Internet, which had a clear definition and immediately visible perks, like online commerce.



The cloud is more-or-less the next stage of online innovation; it improves on what already exists as opposed to creating something entirely new.

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Alex Forbes is Sr. Social Media, PR, Community Manager for SmartBear Software, provider of smart tools to improve quality and performance headquartered in Beverly, MA USA. Twitter @AlexNForbes.

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