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Cloud computing in the real world

By Hiawatha Bray

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 19, 2012

There are clouds in the forecast, in Boston and everywhere else. Google Inc. may launch a new cloud storage product next week called Drive. It’s welcome news, but a bit late. Over 50 million people already use a similar service called Dropbox. There are many more cloud storage offerings: SugarSync, Microsoft Corp.’s SkyDrive, and a new offering called Cubby, from Woburn-based LogMeIn Inc.,to name a few of the appealing ones I’ve tried.

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