Simple explanation of Cloud Computing and the Internet of Things

I simply explain what is cloud computing or the Internet of Things, two technological concepts that are changing the way we interact with objects around us.

In recent years, many of us will have familiar with the terms cloud computing and the Internet of Things , professionals working with these two technological revolutions know perfectly well what they are each, more distanced from the same people just sounds them, have heard or heard of it. For those going to perform a simple explanation of what these two concepts.

Let's start by knowing what each technological trend:

• Internet of Things. English word comes from the Internet of Thing, whose acronym IoT can see on many sites over the network. It is the name that is known to the tendency of many companies of almost any device intercommunication real life with those around him. So far, the Internet has been unique to smartphones, computers and, to a lesser extent tablets. But why not take it to your refrigerator or your car? That is, essentially, the Internet of Things: provide intelligent "smart" and Internet everyday objects.
   
• Cloud Computing. This idea gained more impact before the Internet of Things. In Castilian is known as Cloud Computing, and, very briefly, is a trend that is to bring to an external server, we could identify as the cloud, everything that we can, from our files and photographs to the processing capacity by eliminating barriers that gives us the hardware. According to the levels of security, data protection and handling are three variants of clouds: public, private and hybrid. We can summarize all this information graphically in infographics as that made ​​by BBVA.
  

Located in Oslo servers that control much of the Global Cloud Computing

Now that we know the basis of both trends, we wonder if we really are going to affect the way we interact with our surroundings. And, yes, I will make an incalculable way.

Thanks to the Internet of Things, someday we can forget about making the purchase. Our fridge constantly measure the remaining food inside and when it detects the absence of either of them, automatically instruct the selected provider. And so will other household items: televisions, lights, blinds, curtains, heating ... Major technology companies know and have invested billions of dollars in the future business model. Recall the purchase of a Nest Google early last year by 3,200 million. A battle is brewing in our house will be the main stage.

With the potential of the Internet of Things our cities will also be much smarter, what is known as Smart Cities . Our car, for example, will communicate with traffic signals and act accordingly reducing speeds, warning us when appropriate, etc. He also communicated with "central traffic" that flows analyzed to distribute traffic moving as efficiently as possible while avoiding jams.

Example of Internet of Things with a view to smart homes - Panasonic

Meanwhile, cloud computing has already changed many of our habits for years. One of the simplest example is Dropbox and onedrive a virtual hard disk where we can store our files and access them regardless of device we use. But cloud computing increasingly goes further, breaking into sectors such as video games, which are proposed as PlayStation 

Now , you can play video games PS3 streaming from different devices.

In fact, the utopia of Cloud Computing is that in future we may be even much of holders of hardware. Our devices would become mere mirrors, limited to display the image and letting all processing to external servers connected to the Internet. Proposals such as Chrome OS and go that way: simple computers with Internet access that leave much of the processing and weight to external servers such as Adobe or Microsoft Office.