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How cloud computing can improve local realities

Digital tablet with Google site.Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies.

Kenya has distinguished herself as a hotbed of technological innovation and creativity. The challenge now is how to consolidate these gains and leap forward as a country – to enhance the quality of life for all. ‘Cloud’ is a service you use every day, without even realising it.

Whether with your mobile apps, email service (Gmail, Mozilla, Outlook) Facebook, online shopping services such as eBay/ Amazon- these services are based in the cloud. Cloud computing is a general term associated with delivery of services through public networks such as the Internet or private networks like corporate intranets.

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