"Surfando nas nuvens - 25/11/2008 - Conceito Cloud elimina a armazenagem física de dados - Em pouco tempo estaremos surfando nas nuvens. Informações digitais não serão mais armazenadas em discos rígidos, mas na própria internet. É o conceito de "Cloud Computing", algo como computação na nuvem. E não se trata apenas de informação. Os próprios programas serão rodados no ciberespaço. Inúmeras pessoas já têm conta do Gmail e usam ferramentas como o Gears e o Apps, todos do Google, que permitem acessar programas sediados na "nuvem" – e não no computador doméstico. Enfim, em pouco tempo tudo se concentrará nas nuvens digitais, inclusive informações pessoais hoje compartilhadas em sites como o Facebook.” [http://revistadasemana.abril.com.br/edicoes/64/ciencia_tecnologia/materia_ciencia_tecnologia_404471.shtml]
“Google's rumored "GDrive," a service that would enable users to access their PCs from any Internet connection, could kill off the desktop computer, Britain's Observer newspaper reports.
The Gdrive, unconfirmed by Google and long rumored, may finally launch this year, with some tech news sites calling it the "most anticipated google product so far."
The Google drive would shift away from microsoft Window's operating system, in favor of "cloud computing," where storage and processing is done in data centers. Users would no longer have to rely on their computers' powerful hard drives. Home and businesses have already been turning toward web-based services, such as e-mail — including popular services hotmail and gmail — and photo storage, such as Flickr and Picasa. Users would no longer have to worry about their hard drives crashing, since data would be saved on the web, and could be accessed from any machine. With the Gdrive, a PC would be a device acting as a portal to the web, enabling users to think of their computer as software rather than hardware. Google refused to confirm the Gdrive, but acknowledged the growing demand for cloud computing. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,482761,00.html] [26 jan 09
