Every business leader has likely been bombarded by tech pitchmen urging them to "migrate everything to the cloud". Half the time, it feels like an expensive buzzword designed to lock you into yet another monthly recurring subscription, but what does "the cloud" actually mean when you strip away the sales pitch?
At its core, the concept is surprisingly straightforward: the cloud is simply using someone else's computer. Instead of maintaining a loud, heat-generating server box tucked inside an office closet, you are paying a trusted provider to host and maintain hardware inside a highly secured data center. In fact, you likely rely on cloud architecture every single day without a second thought.
