If you think you aren’t utilizing a cloud computing solution, think again. There are clouds everywhere. In fact, they are so ubiquitous that we may not realize we are using them nearly constantly as we navigate our professional and personal lives. Just like A.A. Milne’s Eeyore with his little gray cloud always following him around over his head, the cloud that houses our digital data is ever-present today, even if you haven’t set up your own personal cloud or have yet to transfer your business data to a cloud-based solution. But it turns out that plenty of people still don’t understand what cloud computing is all about, and may not want to admit it. If this is you, read on. Here’s what you don’t know about the cloud. 1. Despite the fact that we just used that really cute Winnie the Pooh analogy, cloud computing has nothing to do with clouds in the sky at all. It’s a term referring to software and data that’s hosted on a remote server network,  and accessible by you or your employees without requiring a direct wired connection to that information.  Where did the term cloud come from? “IT professionals have used a cloud icon while drafting network diagrams forever to symbolize the Internet,” explains James Beane, Manager of Cloud Services for Yardi Systems.  “Eventually organizations starting taking data out of the local environment and putting it into ‘The Cloud.'” 2. If you use web-based email, social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or YouTube, photo sites like Flickr, Tumblr or Instagram, software hosting services, or just about any computer service that utilizes the Internet in some way, you are uploading data onto clouds all day long – you just don’t think about it. Where do you think...