Jason Dunn
03-10-2011, 05:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.tgdaily.com/hardware-features/54501-intel-says-2015-will-be-the-cloud-computing-tipping-point' target='_blank'>http://www.tgdaily.com/hardware-fea...g-tipping-point</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Intel, like many other industry heavyweights, believes we are navigating towards a cyber future that will be heavily dominated by Cloud-based computing. According to Intel exec Jason Waxman, the rapidly evolving Cloud is already serving consumers and businesses by hosting terabytes of games, videos, pictures, databases and e-mail accounts.
"</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1299745569.usr1.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>Ah, the cloud. You can't go for ten minutes nowadays without hearing the word. This article discusses one of the potential pitfalls of the cloud that will need to be addressed going forward: where the data actually resides, how vulnerable the data is to legal prying, and how much confidence the consumer has it the system. One thing's for sure: with an increasing number of consumers storing more and more of their information online instead of a local hard drive, these questions will need to be resolved.</p>