44 Security Dealer & Integrator / www.SecurityInfoWatch.com June 2016
Technology Focus
Sifting through
the buzzwords
will help you
determine the
real value of
cloud services
By Ray Bernard, PSP, CHS-III
Clarity or
Confusion?
Cloud Computing:
T
here has been a fair
amount of confusion
surrounding "cloud
computing" for at least
the last 10 years —
one of the main ones being how that
buzzword is truly defned.
In addition, many security
integrators, dealers and others who
may have a loose understanding of
the term would beneft from the
proper perspective from which to
think about cloud computing — a
perspective that takes into account
the evolution of the Internet, what we
now loosely call "the cloud."
Tis second in a series of articles
on cloud-based security systems
takes a closer look at some of the
basic terminology surrounding
cloud computing.
Look for follow-up articles in
the coming months that will guide
integrators in the evaluation of cloud
services and how to provide value-
added components to cloud services
for customers.
Technology Evolution &
Buzzword Confusion
Your mobile phone can and does
evolve in your hand. Tat has never
happened before in the history of
phones, and it means that the value
of the phone in your hand continues
to grow afer you have purchased it.
Similarly, cloud computing technol-
ogy is always evolving.
Tis means that the terminology
that defnes cloud computing will
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