Cloud Computing Applications and Its Role in the Development of Information Services: An Empirical Study on Cloud Storage Sites on the Interne

Document Type : Original Article

Author

قسم المکتبات والمعلومات جامعة طنطا

Abstract

Cloud computing is becoming increasingly important over time, due to its
characteristics and attributes, the diversity in their own applications, and
multiple areas of use. The current study aimed to inventory and analysis of
cloud storage sites available on the Internet, and identified their
characteristics and features, by relying on descriptive analytical method. It
showed that there are three different categories of cloud storage sites: The
file Uploading, The file hosting, and backup sites, which distributed
linguistically, spatially and qualitatively. The study showed its
characteristics and ways to benefit from them.

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