What is the cloud computing mean and can we apply to home automation ?

Get your head into the clouds —learn what cloud computing is and how to use it There's a lot more to cloud computing than you may realize.





http://e-bookstunnel.blogspot.com/2011/09/cloud-computing-for-dummies.htmlWhat is the cloud computing mean and can we apply to home automation ?
Cloud Computing means that all the applications and your data files are on a remote computer belonging to a company somewhere across the Internet. You can then have a cheaper device at your end instead of a personal computer. However, there will come a time when the company that stores all the applications for you to use in the 'cloud' will charge you for using those applications. They may also charge you for the data storage of your personal file, although data transfer (upload-download) companies don't at the moment. Also at some time they could lose all of your data files, so check the cloud computing contract to ensure that you get a lot of money from them when they lose your data.

I imagine that it will mainly be companies that will use cloud computing to save the cost of buying lots of personal computers. Cloud computing will really be like going back to the old days of employees having a 'terminal' (a simple device without its own processor or storage) remotely connected to a main-frame computer.What is the cloud computing mean and can we apply to home automation ?
Cloud is Device Independent, Location-independent, Online Utility that is available on Demand.



Home Automation software is basically deployed on hand held devices. I don't think it makes sense to go for cloud in this case.

But a home automation company can definitely benefit itself from the cloud based "collaboration %26amp; productivity apps"



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