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It is one of the most popular buzzwords in the IT and business worlds. You cannot go anywhere and not hear people, advertisements, and computer experts talking about the \u201ccloud\u201d. But what does the word cloud actually mean? Is it something tangible or just an abstraction used to define something that already existed? The answer probably lies somewhere in between.<\/p>\n
As one person who had worked in the IT industry put it, “There is no cloud. It’s just a bunch of servers.” From an IT perspective, this is true. The cloud looks a lot like the web hosting of old. In that sense, nothing has changed.<\/p>\n