chandigarh you have gone abroad forgotten to carry your ipad and still want to listen to the song sung by your little daughter saved in it well there is no need to get disappointed as you can still access it through your iphone or ipod if you had uploaded it on cloud we are not referring to the literal meaning of cloud but here we mean the latest technology known as cloud computing or apples service called icloud and the best part is that this new concept is not limited to it professionals rather city beautiful and its dwellers are becoming smarter with it with each passing day their new mantra is to become more organized by adopting latest technologies available in the market and cloud computing is one of them in this fast paced life i cannot even imagine living a single day without using cloud computing i require it in both personal and professional life you can also create your own project management system over a cloud and then 25 to 30 people can easily access it mohnish sharma 26 an it professional and a resident of sector 23 told toi gradually cloud computing is emerging as a hottest obsession among both citys professionals who are making use of this in their work and youngsters who are uploading their favourite songs movies and even exchanging notes over the cloud at present many cloud platforms like apple amazon google doc microsoft are available who are offering their clouds at very economical prices they are also available free of cost through some subscribers i am using different apple devices and storing most of my data like messages emails calendars and reminders on the cloud in fact entire backup of my business is on the cloud it is very convenient as you do not need to buy multiple software and dont need to invest in hardware sameer jain an entrepreneur who is running an it company net solutions told toi varuna maohanty 22 who is pursuing mba said there are clouds like google doc that are also available free of cost we have formed a group in our class and we upload our notes this way any of us can access those notes and also update them at any point of the day how safe is cloud experts feel that icloud or cloud computing is not 100 safe and your contents can also be hacked but big companies have hired engineers whose only job is to update their applications with latest antiviruses and and to keep on improving their security system photo quotes if you have to create your own server then you need to shell out rs 8 to 10 lakh and you have to hire one person to maintain it regularly but through cloud computing one can host his website on a server by paying only rs 700 to 1000 per month its both effortless and automatic and i am regularly using it in my business