Comments on: Cloud Computing http://specialbrands.net/2008/07/19/cloud-computing/ blaze your trail Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:11:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dean J. Garrett http://specialbrands.net/2008/07/19/cloud-computing/#comment-183 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:35:23 +0000 http://webhat.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/cloud-computing/#comment-183 One important but less discussed trend made possible by cloud computing is the number of useful “database community websites” being published. Such a site is similiar to a wiki in how the site’s data content is provided by the users themselves. The sites are free to all who want to search the database and to post new data. The sites are made possible by the use of cloud databases, Software-as-a-Service solutions designed to make web database publishing quick, simple and cheap. Here are two good examples of database community sites:

http://www.PhotoEnforced.com – this site publishes a database of locations where cameras are used a street intersection to photograph violators.

http://www.GasPricesCentral.com – this site publishes a database of gas prices in metro areas around the country.

These kinds of sites are serving a public need by distributing useful data openly through the cloud. This is just one area where cloud computing is making a difference.

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