Advantages
To secure data, most cloud storage companies use a combination of techniques to keep your information safe and private:
- Encryption- this means using a very complex algorythim to encode your data and information which needs the user to have the encryption. While it's possible to crack encrypted information, most hackers don't have access to the amount of computer processing power they would need to decrypt information.
- Abilty to access from anywhere at anytime in the world.
- Storage availability and data protection is intrinsic to object storage architecture, so depending on the application, the additional technology, effort and cost to add availability and protection can be eliminated
- Most sites give you an unlimited amout of space to use. Hence you don't have to worry about running out of storage space.
- Cloud storage can be used as natural disaster proof backup, as normally there are 2 or 3 different backup servers located in different places around the globe
- Cost Efficient - this is most probably the most cost efficient method to use, maintain and upgrade.
- Backup and Recovery - as all data is stored on the cloud, backing up and restoring information is easier. Also, most cloud storage providers usually save and backup you work automatically
- Very easy access to information