Utilize Microsoft Word 2010′s ability to connect with Windows Live Skydrive for ease of access, and disaster recovery.

Whether it is the mobile or the desktop, the very idea of software as a service makes cloud an essential part of the process. If we rule out the cloud completely, the mobile will end up being just like the dekstop is today.

Like so many other advances in technology, cloud services are most likely here to stay. Here are a few predictions for the future of cloud apps.

Calling it the very unimaginative “Online Saving” process, Sony has informed developers about this new axis of storing files and save data with their forthcoming 3.60 firmware update. Cloud storage has the dual advantage of not only making sure the gamer has his/her peace of mind, knowing that their save data is safely backed up on a remote server, it also enables the gamer to play the same game from the same save point on multiple consoles, since the save data is tied to a specific PlayStation Network account.

Ubuntu One, the cloud storage service available with Ubuntu, has now entered the public beta stage for Windows.

Here is iDuple for you – yet another Indian tablet PC but this one is with a difference! This tablet from iDuple basically has one app – just a web browser. It does not have a hard drive, boots in just 5 seconds and everything else happens on the cloud.

CloudFail is a free service that monitors major cloud hosts and provide status updates.

NASA is leaving its Eucalyptus based cloud in favor of “real” open-source alternative. According to NASA, not only are Eucalyptus clouds unable to achieve the scale they require, they are also not entirely open-source.

The team behind the Linux distro, Peppermint OS, are coming up with another OS called Peppermint Ice. Peppermint Ice is not an update to Peppermint OS; it is another version of Peppermint OS with greater focus on the cloud.