"Cloud Computing" refers to the use of resources such as applications, processing power and data storage on remote computer systems. The connection is made using the Internet from a typical device, such as a PC, smart phone or tablet.
A typical example of cloud computing is the use of our Engine Cloud Server. It is possible to access chess engines that are running on other computers and use them for your own analysis, or you can supply your own engines to be used by other users.
With ChessBase it is now possible for you to store your data not only on your own hard drive but also on our ChessBase servers. This makes it possible for you to access your data from different devices without having to copy or re-install databases. It is even possible to make your databases accessible to other users as a cloud database.
Of course, you can use external cloud storage such as Microsoft's "OneDrive" to store databases in CBH format. This is a good solution for large CBH databases, and it is supported by ChessBase. However, ChessBase's cloud databases offer many other chess-related functions, for instance web browser access on all platforms.
This has the following advantages:
| • | You can access your opening repertoire or your stored games from anywhere without using ChessBase. |
| • | You can put games on the Cloud for your friends and teammates to access via their web browsers. |
| • | You can publish a database on the web with a single click. |
| • | These are new functions that make it much easier to exchange chess data. |
| • | There is a new entry Cloud Databases on the left side of the database window. |
This allows you to access and view the cloud databases.