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Cloud refers to cloud computing. Use this tag for questions involving interfacing cloud applications and your local computer. Questions about usage of web services are off topic here.

Cloud computing refers to the delivery of remote computing applications and storage capacity as a service to end-recipients, accessed through a web browser or light weight desktop or mobile app. User's data and software are stored on servers at a remote location (normally on the Internet).

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What is OpenStack? And how can it be used?

What is OpenStack? I have tried to understand what OpenStack is but I can't penetrate the shield of marketing buzz words that surrounds everything that is called "the cloud". I would be happy if someone could give me a practical example on how this…
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How to unlink my Documents folder from my OneDrive account?

I have recently changed the location of my Documents folder (originally located in C:\Users\TermoZour\Documents) to C:\Users\TermoZour\OneDrive\Documents so I could sync the documents folder between 2 PCs. Now I want to remove this "link", but I…
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Is there any way to distribute x264 encoding jobs across multiple computers (to increase the encoding speed)?

Does anyone know of a current, active solution to encoding x264 videos across many computers (via the network) to increase encoding FPS? Brownie points for cross-platform and open source, but just so you all know, I usually use Windows. Programs…
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What is "Fog computing"?

I'm reading a work on Cloud services and it touches briefly upon "Fog computing" as an example of possible future development branch of software-hardware infrastructure, without specifying what it is exactly and any of its benefits. Wikipedia has a…
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What is cloud computing?

I hear about "cloud computing" all the time, but don't know what it is. What is it's purpose? Why do I need it? What problems does it solve? What problems does it create?
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Is there a way to install Mac OS on an Azure Virtual machine - or any cloud VM for that matter?

I want to create a virtual development machine on the could for iOS development. I understand it is against Mac OS License agreement to install it on non-Apple hardware. But is there a LEGAL solution to have such VM on any cloud provider? I also…
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"No route to host" when trying to connect to a TCP service on an Oracle Cloud Intance

I created an Ubuntu instance on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). I am able to connect to this instance with SSH (TCP 22). I created some services on this instance, like daytime (TCP 13), mail (TCP 25), http (TCP 80), dns (TCP/UDP 53). I added…
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How do I change the license key for an installed copy of Visual Studio 2010?

We have a number of Amazon EC2 instances with Visual Studio 2010 installed on them. The license we are using has a fixed number of seats, all of which are being utilized at the moment. I've created a new instance for an additional developer on our…
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Cloud Storage/Sync solution for families

I am hoping someone knows of an online storage/sync service like Dropbox that can meet the following needs: I envision that each member of the family has a separate account to keep personal files. They log into the service with their own account.…
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Is there a personal cloud solution that keep versions for documents?

Today I have lost a file which I've worked on for the last day & half by a mistake. As result, I'm looking to buy a personal cloud solution which will automatically backup my files while I save them on the local machine and will allow me to return…
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Encrypt files before sending them to Cloud

Recently I switched to GIT along and picked bitbucket to host my code. Now with all the snowden scandal, I decided to review my choices. I really don't want to host my data on my own server, I'd rather keep using bitbucket for that. I have nothing…
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How to Maintain a small differential Virtualbox hard drive

I am trying to use a virtualbox hard drive over several computers using dropbox (a popular cloud tool) synchronization. I assume no two machines will open the same drive at the same time. To reduce data transfers, I'd like to use only a differential…
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How to have multiple servers on one IP address

I am having trouble figuring out how to have multiple servers (that do different things) on one IP address. I would like the subdomains to point to different applications. Let me give an example of what I am trying to do. I choose a couple services…
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Using the same local folder for Dropbox and Skydrive

Ever since I switched to windows phone I've sorely missed having an official dropbox app. Recently I've toyed with the idea of moving all my crucial files to OneDrive instead. I have more storage on OneDrive and the WP OneDrive integration is very…
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Dropbox modification of file in 2 different places at once

Suppose I have a source code file in my dropbox which I have worked on from my desktop machine, and the version in my laptop is out-of-date because I haven't had internet access or the company proxy blocked dropbox or whatever. If I continue…
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