Thursday, February 23, 2012

Facebook, Cloud-fully edgy?...


     I read an interesting few articles about Facebook. Big surprise right? Facebook in the news? Well this time, like many other times, the spotlight is the bad kind.

      If you haven't heard about cloud and edge servers, maybe it's time you have. The idea behind a cloud server is to store your data so that at any point in time, and from anywhere, you can access it.  Even if you are not on your home computer where the data is stored originally, you can still access it while on vacation without having to set up remote desktop connections and leave your PC running. Many software giants are starting to use this type of system so that they have more efficient access to their own data and things you request, and to provide it to the end-user as a convenience feature. One big name to note is Microsoft. Their business strategy with Windows 8 and Windows 7.5(Mango for mobile) is shifting towards providing cloud services in order to streamline all your windows and Microsoft devices to make the user experience more 'edgy'. Pun intended.