Cloud Computing : How to use the Free Services Most Effectively

From the majority of the articles published on this website on Cloud Computing, after a bit reading it will be quite clear to you that Cloud Computing if cautiously used, can be the solution for many technical bootlenecks.

You need to understand that Cloud Computing is composed of many different solutions from many different vendors. In this article, we will give you some tips that will help you to do work more swiftly.
 

Tips for using a typical Cloud Computing based Free Storage Provider

 
We wrote about various Free Storage providers those actually uses Cloud Computing platform. We will take the example of Dropbox here, as it is the most popular free web space provider right now.
 
Typically, if we have to upload several pictures or files in Dropbox, we upload one by one.
 
But, in case of Dropbox, you can multi select 5-6 image files and then upload them together. The time that the biggest file will take to be uploaded will be equal to uploading these 5-6 files together.
 
This happens because Dropbox basically provides near premium quality Cloud Computing based Storage service. Try it with SkyDrive : it will take much more time than Dropbox.
 
Why this magic is happening with Dropbox but not with SkyDrive despite the fact both uses Cloud Computing solution? This is the difference of Cloud Computing Platform and architecture from a Cloud Computing provider to another. This speed will be nearly doubled along with the fact, you can upload hundreds of files in case of any Premium Service, provided that your Internet Service is a good one! If you are using a dial up connection, Cloud Computing itself can not speed up the transfer.
 
 

Tips for using Free Cloud Computing based applications

 
 
In the same way, you can run several applications in any Cloud Computing based web apps : like in case of Desktop as a Service (DaaS), which is basically equals to running your OS based on Cloud Computing platform. Have you ever thought how swiftly eyeOS (a Cloud Computing based OS, which we have mentioned ago) starts?
 

To Summarize

As almost all good Cloud Computing (whether free or paid) solutions basically provide on demand resources, you can accelerate your work flow if you have understood the basics of Cloud Computing.