We all know that the cloud is tremendously valuable in our everyday lives. Most of us have smartphones that automatically back up our photos in a cloud, and many make use of services such as Dropbox or Google Drive. If I ever have my phone swiped by an overly curious seal at an aquarium, I can rest assured that the picture I’d just taken of said seal balancing a ball on its snout is safely in the cloud. And it’s not just consumers who love the cloud. In fact, as of 2016, 95 percent of IT compa