New Cloud Computing Disturbance Buildup

November 30, 2013 Off By David
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Grazed from CloudTimes.org.  Author: Irmee Layo.

There is a new disturbance building up in the cloud as a new wave of computing trends rise to popularity. One of them is the rising audience and user market for Docker. Here is a peek of what to expect in the complicated arena of cloud computing in 2014.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) will continue to dominate and retain its title as the Apple of cloud computing. With its vast collection of web services in the forefront of the marketplace, Amazon, with its S3 and EC2 is compared with Apple that gained territory in the mobile apps and gaming industry. There is yet to be an Android of cloud computing that will challenge the position of Amazon in the cloud platform…

CTL-C of CenturyLink is the next big thing as it currently develops a platform that uses AppFog and a new developer app called Docker. This platform aims to go beyond virtualizing and to simplify managing, running and even moving applications from one location to another, therefore, making life easier for cloud users. It hopes to be the Android of cloud computing as it merges the infrastructure services of IaaS and PaaS. It will be the third infrastructure between the two, which is currently serviced by OpenStack but in a very limited environment…

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