Will Cloud Computing Destroy What is Left of Your Free Time?

Grazed from The Houston Chronicle.  Author: Editorial Staff.

Think you’re busy now? You ain’t seen nothin’ yet. According to The New York Times blogger Quentin Hardy , with the proliferation of cloud computing into more and more aspects of daily life, your spare time is about to become even more, well, spare.

Computing giants like Amazon and Rackspace are leaders in the virtualization of computer servers, a core element in the development of cloud computing. This technology makes it possible for a single PC that was used 20 percent of the time to be used 80 percent of the time or more, Hardy said. Software that monitored workloads could identify when a machine was free, and assign it a workload that would keep it busy without distracting it from its original function, he said. But until recently, that kind of utilization efficiency was seen mostly in corporate data centers and computer-centric organizations…

Now, however, the cloud keeps not only computers busy, but busy professionals and stay-at-home parents, students and retirees, too. The cloud ensures that everyone is always connected, regardless of geography, and takes away any excuse for not staying in the loop. Cloud computing technology has also enabled modern computing devices to function nonstop, providing users constant access and service…

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