Clearing skies: Is the ‘Cloud’ getting safer?
January 12, 2015
Grazed from BusinessSpectator. Author: Michael Swinson.
For a new technology to reach mainstream acceptance, two things are generally required. Firstly it must address and overcome concerns flagged by early critics (in the way that clever user interface design has effectively countered the criticism that smartphones are too small for business functions).
Secondly, it must receive some endorsement from the key incumbent players in the market (in the way that Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia ultimately confirmed the overriding power of the smartphone). On this basis, cloud computing (which has long been regarded as an “emerging” technology) now seems primed and ready for a mainstream breakthrough…
In particular, cloud vendors are rapidly developing solutions to address security concerns that early critics flagged as its potentially fatal weakness and, at the same, the world’s biggest technology companies are all rushing to invest in cloud capability and develop their range of offerings…
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