Cloud Computing Explained

Confused about the term “Cloud Computing”? Want to be “with the times” when you talk about new technology buzzwords? This video boils down a section of Cloud Computing, that of Cloud Infrastructure and Cloud Hosting in a way that everyone can understand! Script by Michael Sheehan youtube: HighT3chDad blog: hightechdad.com twitter twitter.com Animation / illustration by Tim Wayne youtube: redtimmy blog: timmy.vox.com twitter twitter.com A big hat tip goes out from us to the Common Craft folks who make simply the BEST “In Plain English” videos available and are very inspiring. See their videos at: www.commoncraft.com

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  1. TheLogicSolution says:

    @HighT3chDad
    @d3athlyd4rk
    but they did explain it better than common craft actually
    i checked both , but i liked this one more

  2. The12345678903272 says:

    !!!

  3. BaronVonLichtenstein says:

    @ChrisInAStrangeLand
    People already have laptops to do work on . Why would everyone want to slow down work by working live on a network? Network aps are crap. Working on remote files drag. Working locally and uploading makes more sense. Dopping files onto a network on a one time basis rather than continuously waiting fo every keystroke to travel back and forth to networked files using networked aps. It’s a waste of bandwith.

  4. ChrisInAStrangeLand says:

    @BaronVonLichtenstein

    Will your terrabyte (sic) external hard drive deliver content to a global audience at sub 50ms latency? Will it be able to deliver 10,000+ streams per second? Will your external hard drive replicate data to three or more data centers autonomously? On different continents?

    No. No it wont. But Akamai, Limelight, Microsoft, Google and Amazon will. And they’ll bill you only for what you use.

  5. angelusp777 says:

    each time i watch a video i get more confused, people have different interpretations

  6. IMakeULoveMe says:

    I disliked this,
    according from to your video, there are only pros and cons doesnt exist.
    but if you really want to explain something, you also have to talk about its issues.
    but maybe im just wrong and this technology is nothing else but awesome.

  7. storagepipe says:

    This paperwork video style is really starting to take off. A nice, inexpensive way to make rich videos.

  8. SopLusus says:

    And so it was written in stone, that Pirates will one day take to the clouds. We will meet you at the gates, playing on stolen harps <3

  9. siaovast says:

    thank you very much. you have explained well.

  10. EnterpriseOasis says:

    Cloud Computing is very powerful

  11. EnterpriseOasis says:

    get in the cloud!

  12. EnterpriseOasis says:

    More businesses should leverage cloud computing

  13. flasher555 says:

    This video was awesome, nicely made and very easy to understand for n00bs like me :)
    Thank you.

  14. BaronVonLichtenstein says:

    Cloud computing is pointless. I can buy an external hard drive with a terrabyte for a little over $100. Like corporations can’t afford as much server space as they want with drives coming down every day. Getting everyone to work online is jut an excuse for spying on them.

  15. TheMovieLinker says:

    1: The hosting company
    2: The hosting company
    3: They have access to all your files. You want a bit of privacy? Get a dedicated server.

  16. ibloxProductionz says:

    Failcomputing… :D

  17. fabior2 says:

    Amazing video best explanation ever! 4 dummies lolz

  18. merelroos says:

    You start with explaining the infrastructure, the lowest niveau of cloud-computing, but during your story the references to other elements are being forgotten.

  19. rolfman says:

    when you have nothing to hide…you have nothing to worry :)

  20. daydreamer1337 says:

    very useful video :)

    Thank you.

  21. Zulus says:

    This is a great video, couldnt have explained it any better, but what are the downsides of cloud computing?

  22. milylalangel says:

    thank you!! XD i don“t no idea what is the cloud computing. hahah

  23. nimageofmine says:

    very useful video to explain basics of cloud computing ! thanks for uploading

  24. thedoja says:

    But… who owns the cloud? Who do you pay for services? How much control do they have over your access to resources? These are all serious questions that need to be addressed.

  25. acidcrashguy says:

    Cloud simply put is like the old client-server days where clients dumb terminals. The difference being – servers are on the internet not in your LAN. Biggest drawback – your business data sits on a remote host who can do whatever they want to do with it.

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