| Deep in the valleys of a mysterious mountain is a | | | | what service you would like to have and their |
| cave where a magician would gather different cables | | | | attendant business application software. After ticking |
| and hardware, mix them all up in an upturned | | | | the service and applications you wanted, the |
| parabolic dish, and boom, out came a secret | | | | middleware on the main server again processes your |
| concoction of software applications ready to be | | | | request and forwards it to another set of verification |
| deployed all over the world. Okay, so that is not | | | | and authentication procedures. |
| actually how cloud computing works. | | | | Once identity is established, the main server requests |
| There is actually nothing mysterious about how cloud | | | | the services and applications you needed from a |
| computing works. In fact, some cloud applications | | | | series of application servers running different business |
| have already been in existence for a long time that | | | | application software, and then returns it to the main |
| you may have even used, or are using, some of it. | | | | server for delivery to your computer as web |
| Before you raise your eyebrow and let out that | | | | applications. |
| resounding "no," try to think when was the last time | | | | When you use these web applications, you have to |
| you used Internet. If you have used, or are using, a | | | | save the data entered, right? Once again, this |
| free web based email, then you have experienced | | | | request is made to the main server for the data to |
| the power of cloud computing. This type of free | | | | be saved in the cloud's database storage system. |
| service, which have been around for quite sometime | | | | You may also opt to save a copy of the data in |
| is part of the applications that make up cloud | | | | your own computer for easy retrieval when you are |
| computing. | | | | offline. |
| So if you know how your web based email works, | | | | So there you go, a brief illustration of how cloud |
| then you would have a pretty strong idea of how | | | | computing works. Of course there are still many |
| the overall technology of cloud computing works. In | | | | technical processes that your request will have to go |
| case you forgot, well, here's how it actually works. | | | | through, particularly on verification and authentication |
| First, you log in to your cloud computing account | | | | procedures, which is part of the stringent security |
| furnished by your chosen service provider. The | | | | layers these clouds have. Suffice to say that the |
| system verifies your identity through a series of | | | | actual process of how cloud computing works is not |
| verification and authentication procedures. | | | | that complicated at all as others may think. |
| You are then presented with several options on | | | | |