Use of Cloud Computing Applications and Services

Report Read time:
Use of Cloud Computing Applications and Services

Some 69% of online Americans use webmail services, store data online, or use software programs such as word processing applications whose functionality is located on the web. In doing so, these users are making use of “cloud computing,” an emerging architecture by which data and applications reside in cyberspace, allowing users to access them through any web-connected device.

Most internet users are unlikely to be aware of the term “cloud computing.” But online Americans who use webmail services such as Hotmail or Gmail are taking advantage of data storage capabilities managed by a network of computers, which in turn permits access to a user's email through whatever device he has at hand.

Convenience and flexibility are the watchwords for those who engage in cloud computing activities. At the same time, users report high levels of concern when presented with scenarios in which companies may put their data to uses of which they may not be aware.

Read the full report Use of Cloud Computing Applications and Services on the Pew Internet & American Life Project Web site.

America’s Overdose Crisis
America’s Overdose Crisis

America’s Overdose Crisis

Sign up for our five-email course explaining the overdose crisis in America, the state of treatment access, and ways to improve care

Sign up
Quick View
America’s Overdose Crisis

America’s Overdose Crisis

Sign up for our five-email course explaining the overdose crisis in America, the state of treatment access, and ways to improve care

Sign up

MORE FROM PEW

How states raise their tax dollars How States Raise Their Tax Dollars, FY 2022
An adult and child, both in short pants, long-sleeve shirts, and sun hats, sit on a flat rock at the edge of a river. On both banks, rock-lined shores rise to bright green vegetation and, beyond, steep hills of conifer forests. During National Rivers Month, Pew Honors Advocates
A customer leaves a payday loan store on Frederick Rd. in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Payday Loans and Overdraft
Terri Straka, who participated in a buyout program designed to move Horry County, South Carolina, residents out of flood-prone areas, stencils the wall of her new home on her move-in day, Sept. 19, 2022, with her granddaughter, Sophia. How One Woman Became the Voice for Flood Survivors
Composite image of modern city network communication concept

Learn the Basics of Broadband from Our Limited Series

Sign up for our four-week email course on Broadband Basics
Quick View

How does broadband internet reach our homes, phones, and tablets? What kind of infrastructure connects us all together? What are the major barriers to broadband access for American communities?