Chapter 6. Cloud-enabling Your Apps

Cloud computing is already a big thing and it's only going to get bigger as companies embrace the advantages of offsite managed storage and processing. You will probably be aware of some of the early adopters of cloud computing such as Evernote and Dropbox who have created a great position in the market. But the cloud is far more than just storage as we will discover in this chapter. Come with us as we embrace the advantages of the cloud and what it can do for you and your apps.

Suppose that you made a brilliant shoe designer app that allowed users to design their own custom shoes on their phone. Your app allows them to save their designs so they can finish them at a later date and then hopefully buy their custom design by uploading them to your store. Brilliant, people love it and the orders are rolling in. But you are missing a trick. As the designs are stored locally on the users' phones, the user can't continue the design when on a computer, or worse...