Cloud storage is off-site storage that’s maintained by a third party. Cloud storage safely and securely ses your data to a remote database so you don’t he to store your data and files to your computer hard drive or other storage device.
Cloud storage has many advantages over hard drive storage. First, you don’t he to physically possess the storage device as you would with a flash drive, for example, so you don’t run the risk of losing irreplaceable data. Second, cloud storage makes it easy to share content. Just share a Dropbox folder with a coworker and they can instantly access the content within it. Another great reason to use cloud storage is the cost sings. It’s much more affordable—and smart—to buy unlimited cloud storage for a nominal fee rather than buying and maintaining lots of hard drive storage space.