Cloud computing empowers mobile, social, big data

Grazed from ThoughtsOnCloud. Author: Editorial Staff.

My friend, Thomas, recently asked me: “What kind of work do you do with cloud, and how does it make the world a better place?” Wow, what a question! Should it be part of my professional goal to make the world a better place? This was an interesting idea, especially since IBM aims to “build a Smarter Planet” and, in general, smarter is better.

By keeping my eyes open, I found a scenario that not only describes cloud’s societal benefits—and includes mobile, social and big data. Thomas is a German Catholic, and one of the most exciting events in his life was the nomination of the German Pope Benedict XVI in 2005. In the picture below, you can see a split between 2005 and 2013, when a new pope was elected. In the 2005 portion of the image, almost no mobile devices such as phones or tablets are visible. People seemed to be listening to the ceremony and were not as concerned with sharing this experience with the rest of the world…

The world changes constantly

Eight years later, in 2013, the German pope abdicated. A new pope from Argentina, Pope Francis, was elected as the church’s leader. The image above does a great job of outlining some of the technological differences between 2005 and 2013:…

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