When I was a little girl, we spent many summer days laying back on the lawn and watching clouds float over. We'd yell out "That's a pirate ship," "That's a dog,"or "That's a turtle."
Today, I hear almost daily "To the cloud!" However, we are no longer imagining ships and animals. The "cloud" today refers to working with and storing information from a computer or communication device to offsite locations.
Until I did some research, I was very intimidated by the very term cloud. I found that I am already using the cloud daily with my Yahoo-driven e-mail, my banking institutions, my Dropbox, and many other sites/tools.
I invite you to read Wikipedia's explanation to better understand the cloud concept and find its potential advantages and disadvantages.I believe the technology will be around for quite awhile, so educating ourselves about it can only be an advantage for our businesses.
