Chic and Cheerful: Why Rackspace’s CTO is excited about the cloud
October 8, 2014
Grazed from Business-Technology. Author: Joanne Frearson.
It’s an unusual comparison, admittedly. But “cheap” and “chic” are two terms Beighton feels are appropriate when it comes to describing the cloud – it is cost effective, and it has the capacity to serve millions or billions of people very quickly, then change equally quickly. Beighton certainly knows a lot about the cloud, and has a varied background when it comes to technology, becoming part of the government’s programme to switch off analogue television and move over to digital after a spell as CTO of lastminute.com.
One area where he believes cloud computing is chic is in the internet of things (IoT). In order for the IoT to work, he says, devices need to be able to talk to each other. Classifications have to be agreed upon as to how to define these devices, which in turn needs to be put into context as to how they are being used…
Which brings us to Beighton’s next unexpected comparison: socks. If a sock has an IoT device in it, he explains, it can tell the washing machine what cycle to run. The sock can also explain to the machine what it is made out of and what colour it is to avoid any potential mix-ups between whites and browns…
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