Cloud Computing and the Brave New World
October 22, 2013
Grazed from Wired. Author: Nikolaus Kimla.
Throughout history, there have always been visions of the future. Jules Verne showed us submarines and flying machines long before they came about. Gene Roddenberry shared his vision of computers that would greatly assist in every aspect of an organization and even fully run some of them – and this has come to pass. Isaac Asimov described robots that would replace laborers and domestic staff. All of these are here or are well on the way.
But with cloud computing and the technological advancements all around us, it doesn’t take a science fiction writer to point out how our corporate world will soon appear. The advent of the cloud is bringing about a new corporate environment in which there is no office. Everyone is working remotely from their own locations and the physical building is a thing of the past. In addition to many other benefits, this scenario spells the end of office politics…
Forward-thinking businesses are now asking themselves questions such as “Do we really need an office building? Why do all employees need to physically report there? Why must we spend a fortune paying for it? And why must we waste valuable time sitting in traffic to come back and forth to work?…
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