This document summarizes cloud storage, including its history, features, business model, and future outlook. Cloud storage emerged in the 1980s and grew with improvements in broadband internet and supporting technologies. It offers automatic backup, data recovery, file sharing, and remote access. Companies make money through paid storage plans, partnerships, and commercializing other applications. While cloud storage provides benefits like large storage capacity and data availability, issues around technical support, data security, and platform restrictions remain. The future of cloud storage involves greater encryption standards and more businesses and applications moving to cloud-based models.
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