Week 6: Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Cloud
Here’s a great infographic with some revealing statistics regarding cloud services and usage.
And a funny cartoon here:
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ETEC 522 – September 2012
Ventures in Learning Technology
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visramn 8:36 am on October 11, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Thanks for sharing. Very interesting vantage point. It is interesting to know that the technology may be present but we may not be ready for it. Things are not always what they seem.
Nureen
jenbarker 6:57 pm on October 11, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Yes, thank you Ben. I also think that people are scared away from unknown terms such as “the cloud”. I believe that many people use platforms such as facebook, without even realizing that they are using the cloud. Once terms are unpacked and explained, people usually are more open to change.
Peggy Lawson 7:04 pm on October 11, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
I fully agree Jen. I don’t think we realize how much we all use the cloud, and how difficult it would be if it were suddenly there no longer. I think the future trend will be more as Iaas and PaaS (and of course continued Saas – Software as Service). From my own school division perspective – we are getting teachers, school administrators, and division personnel quite comfortable now with Saas; the other two will require additional changes in thinking. I had not quite realized the distinctions before your presentations this week, but I am now definitely seeing the separations. And they are important distinctions. You’ve given me much food for thought this week.
Peggy
Kent Jamieson 10:21 pm on October 12, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
i was just thinking the other day…”what if google was gone?”
manny 7:12 pm on October 12, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Thanks for sharing that infographic Ben. It seems as though the Cloud entails so much secrecy and unknowingness about its inner workings that people don’t know what to believe. It also has intrinsic properties built into it in that if you lose your information on a specific device and have it backed up to the cloud, you can easily restore it. My only concern with cloud technologies is how safe they are to hackers. One would think that the hacker community would be all over this and would love nothing more than bragging rights to bringing down the cloud. In terms of actual sustainability, it seems pretty reliable. Then again, only time can tell whether this will be the case.
Manny