Cloud computing may not only be a useful way for businesses to make sure that they are keeping files and other items safe from the fear of corruption or damage, but may also be an effective way in which they can boost their takings and create jobs.

The London School of Economics (LSE) looked into how cloud computing and the rise of it can help to facilitate change in the aerospace and mobile technology industries.

Its study discovered that, as companies move away from keeping files on hard drives and other storage media and move increasingly towards cloud computing, there will be an increase in the number of jobs requiring skills related to the technology.

In the US alone, the LSE estimates that the smartphone industry will have created 54,500 jobs from cloud computing, while the UK will see an increase of 4,040, said Forbes.

Cloud computing is widely accepted to be the next big thing in IT, taking away the need for companies to store files on site, and reducing the risk of them being lost or corrupted.