In the early days of business computing, data was shipped from corporate locations to a central server. To spare enterprises the hands-on control of the process, third-party service providers handled the freight. Today, that same business model for massive off-site data storage and application delivery has a more nebulous name: cloud
computing. A new name, larger server farms, often unknown locations of the so-called clouds — the process is almost like online banking, where you never actually visit a physical location to check on your deposits and make hands-on cash withdrawals.
