{"id":846,"date":"2023-12-01T11:10:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T03:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gbcloud.net\/blog\/?p=846"},"modified":"2025-09-24T10:31:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T02:31:25","slug":"cloud-computing-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gbcloud.net\/blog\/cloud-computing-101\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Cloud Computing and What Does it Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You’re probably already engaged in cloud computing, perhaps without even being aware of it. Whether you’re sending emails, editing documents, streaming movies or TV shows, listening to music, playing games, or storing photos and files through online services, it’s probable that cloud computing is the underlying force enabling these activities. From small startups to multinational corporations, government agencies to non-profit organizations, a diverse range of entities has adopted cloud computing technology for various purposes.<\/h6><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By definition, cloud computing refers to the delivery of computing services, including storage, processing power, and software, over the internet. Instead of relying on a local server or a personal computer to handle these tasks, cloud computing enables users to access and utilize resources provided by remote data centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some instances showcasing the capabilities offered by cloud services from providers like us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Develop applications designed for cloud environments.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Rapidly create, deploy, and expand applications for web, mobile, and API use. Utilize cloud-native technologies and methodologies, including containers, Kubernetes, microservices architecture, API-centric communication, and DevOps principles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Save, archive, and retrieve data.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Enhance the cost-effectiveness of safeguarding your data, even on a massive scale, by transferring it via the internet to an external cloud storage system accessible from any location and device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      1. Deliver audio and video content seamlessly.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Engage with your audience wherever and whenever, using high-definition video and audio with worldwide distribution on any device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        1. Provide software on demand.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          Referred to as software as a service (SaaS), on-demand software enables you to provide customers with the latest software versions and updates whenever and wherever they require them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          1. Conduct testing and building applications.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

            Minimize both the cost and time involved in application development by leveraging cloud infrastructures that can be effortlessly adjusted to scale up or down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            1. Examine and interpret data.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

              Integrate your data seamlessly across teams, divisions, and locations in the cloud. Subsequently, leverage cloud services like machine learning and artificial intelligence to reveal insights for making more informed decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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              1. Incorporate intelligence.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                Leverage smart models to actively involve customers and derive valuable insights from the collected data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                After choosing to transition to cloud computing, your subsequent task is to choose a provider. Evaluating the reliability and capability of the selected service provider is crucial as you entrust them with your organization’s applications and data. GBCloud offers a variety of powerful Cloud Plans<\/a> to meet your organization’s needs. Our cloud servers are powered by OpenStack<\/a> <\/strong>and Fleio<\/a> and run on Xeon processors from state of the art data centres. Make a great decision today by signing up with us<\/a> <\/strong>and entrust us to meet your business goals!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                You’re probably already engaged in cloud computing, perhaps without even being aware of it. Whether you’re sending emails, editing documents, streaming movies or TV shows, listening to music, playing games, or storing photos and files through online services, it’s probable that cloud computing is the underlying force enabling these activities. From small startups to multinational […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[10,39,35,38,9],"class_list":["post-846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips","tag-cloud","tag-cloudcomputing","tag-cloudhosting-2","tag-cloudstorage-2","tag-gbcloud"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcloud.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcloud.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcloud.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcloud.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcloud.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcloud.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1101,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcloud.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions\/1101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcloud.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcloud.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcloud.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcloud.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}