Cloud Computing In Easy Steps

Cloud Computing in easy steps will show you how to harness cloud computing in your everyday life. You may already be using cloud services yet didn't realize it! You'll learn how these new platforms can help you work and play more efficiently and more importantly, at any location you choose. The cloud liberates its users from the desktop and allows them to embrace the webtop.

Whether you are a small business looking to reduce storage and application costs and make collaboration easier, or an individual who wants to use more cloud based services but isn't too sure where to start, Cloud Computing in easy steps is the book for you. Areas covered include:

What is a cloud?
How to develop a cloud computing security policy
How to work with Google Drive, Dropbox and Apple iCloud
How to word process, produce spreadsheets and presentations
The steps and hardware needed to play games in the cloud
Organizing yourself better with reminders and cloud calendars
Listening to music and streaming films
How to take notes and have them available to you at all times
How to use a cloud for a micro business

The cloud is here to stay, and Cloud Computing in easy steps is your handy guide to these new services.

David Crookes is a journalist who specializes in technology and video games. He began his career in 1994, writing for Amstrad Action magazine and his many credits include The Independent newspaper, Computing Made Easy, Web User, Micro Mart, games, Retro Gamer and the Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition. In addition to his writing, he is the curator of Video game Nation, an exhibition celebrating the rise of gaming, which tours the United Kingdom.