1. W H AT D O I N E E D T O K N O W A B O U T I T ?
SHOW BY:
SKYLER HOWELL
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI
SKYLER.HOWELL@EAGLES.USM.EDU

2. 2 The purpose of the cloud.
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THE CLOUD IS
USED FOR:
•BACK-UP
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•A M A Z O N
•G O O G L E
•A P P L E
•P L E N T Y O F O T H E R W E L L K N O W N
COMPANIES.
(Beekman & Beekman, 2006)
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4. Amazon’s Cloud Service
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What’s saved to the
cloud
•Music*
•Movies*
•Kindle books*
•Documents
•Pictures
*means purchases on Amazon doesn’t count against free
5GB storage.
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Different Providers of the Cloud.
http://soacloudcomputing.blogspot.com/2008/10/cl
oud-computing.html
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What does the cloud mean for our patrons?
Data storage and Digital purchase
back up protection
The Cloud
Secured Stored on a
download and remote and
upload secured server.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3
h3Qm9OCBg
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8. How do we need to learn from cloud?
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 Cloud is a secure way of storing data
depending on how much is needed or
used
 Cloud can not be physically
destroyed, lost or stolen.
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Common questions
How does it
Is it safe
work?
Remote
Yes
Servers
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10. SELECTED SOURCES
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1) Beekman, G., & Beekman, B. (2006). Digital planet -
tomorrows technology and you. (10th ed ed.). New Jersey:
Pearson Education Inc.
2) http://media.tecca.com/2011/03/29/amazon-cloud-drive-
header-barbd-630w.jpg
3)http://soacloudcomputing.blogspot.com/2008/10/cloud-
computing.html
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Thank you for watching this!
If you have questions or
comments, please email me at
skyler.howell@eagles.usm.edu
SHOW BY:
SKYLER HOWELL
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI
SKYLER.HOWELL@EAGLES.USM.EDU
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