{"id":183253,"date":"2016-01-20T09:01:01","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T09:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=183253"},"modified":"2016-01-20T09:01:01","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T09:01:01","slug":"microsoft-pledges-1bn-worth-of-cloud-computing-for-public-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/microsoft-pledges-1bn-worth-of-cloud-computing-for-public-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft pledges $1bn-worth of cloud computing for ‘public good’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Computing giant Microsoft has pledged to provide $1bn-worth (\u00a3700m) of cloud computing resources to organisations it deems to be working for the “public good”.<\/p>\n
The resources will be shared out over the next three years to about 70,000 non-profits and 900 university research projects.<\/p>\n
In simplest terms, cloud computing is the term given to storing data on the internet, rather than on a local computer.<\/p>\n
As well as making data more easily accessible, the added promise for non-profits is that the resources will provide vast amounts of computing power that would ordinarily be out of reach for all but the biggest businesses.<\/p>\n