Cloud computing history lesson

December 6, 2011 Off By David
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Grazed from Technology Spectator.  Author: Supratim Adhikari.

Cloud computing is here to stay and if anything 2012 could the year the trend makes the jump to the mainstream.

What that means is adoption is no longer the issue with almost everybody in agreement with regards to the benefits of the cloud and the focus now shifting to the new wave of applications and their implementation.

As Charis Palmer points out in her piece, the early adopters are already reaping the benefits of the shift to the cloud and looking forward to what’s next on the horizon…

However, before we get too far ahead here’s a quick history lesson on cloud computing, with this infographic produced by Dell, courtesy of The Cloud Infographic  providing some fascinating insight.