I remember attending a New Mexico Technology in Education conference a number of years back. A session I attended focused on “cloud computing”. The presenter drew pictures of clouds with devices connected. At the time, I needed this simple introduction to help understand a then confusing concept.
Technologists compare the shift now under way to the advent of electrical utilities a century ago that sparked rapid advances in fields from agriculture to medicine and entertainment. Electricity rapidly changed from an expensive good available only to those with the wherewithal to generate it themselves to a ubiquitous commodity only noticed when it goes down.
According to this Seattle Times article, Cloud computing is transforming how business works, and much of it is being driven by Amazon, Microsoft and a group of Silicon Valley companies with local outposts.
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