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Cloud-based applications

Cloud-based applications

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Cloud-based applications

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- If there's one place where cloud computing has made a huge impact, it's in the world of applications. For decades, guys like me had to drive to the software store and buy a box and pull out floppy disks or later optical disks or later thumb drives. And we went to this process of installing our software and then we ran our software, we bought the software, and it was okay. I mean, it worked. But because of the cloud we could do some new things with applications we hadn't even considered before. One of the big areas that really have changed things is in the world of synchronization. Today, we use cloud storage like crazy. Every operating system has their own cloud storage solution. iCloud for Macs, OneDrive for Windows systems, Google Drive for everybody, and even third parties like Dropbox have made a huge impact in your ability to just put stuff on the cloud. What a convenience that I don't have to worry about being with…

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