(+) Are You Already Using the Cloud?

Do you use Dropbox to store files? Do you get your e-mail at Gmail or Yahoo Mail or Hotmail? Are you using Facebook? How about doing work with Google Workspace, formerly called Google Docs? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, congratulations! You are a cloud user.

I often receive messages from newsletter readers or read comments from readers posted at the end of articles in this newsletter stating that they are afraid to use the cloud. The most common reason is because the person doesn't yet understand the cloud and is afraid of security problems or other reasons. Yet, these same people often are already safely and securely using the cloud every day, usually without being aware that a service they use is running in the cloud.

First, let’s start with the basic definition of “the cloud.”