1. National 4/5 Computing Science
The Cloud
National 4/5 Computing Science

2. Lesson aims By the end of this lesson you will be able to:
Describe what is meant by web/cloud computing
Discuss the advantages of disadvantages of local vs. web/cloud computing

3. Local Computing
This is when your data and applications are stored locally
This means the computer/device you are physically working on
This has long been the default
Is it time to change?

4. What is Cloud Computing?

5. What is Cloud Computing?

6. Convergence
But what about applications that allow you to work on a device locally but store their data in the cloud…
Cloudon
ByWord
Evernote
Skitch

7. Cloud Computing Issues
Privacy
Security
Ownership
Connectivity
Synchronising