How cloud computing impacts technology evolution
The cloud has been around in one form or another for about 20 years now. Although cloud looks much different than it did back in the days that were dominated by software as a service, the rise of platform as a service and infrastructure as a service has made the concept much more powerful and useful for enterprises.The evolution of cloud technology is affecting all technology. The era of the PC got us to client/server. The growth of distributed computing got us service-oriented architecture. What has the rise of the cloud got us? [ Also on InfoWorld: The shape of edge computing in 2021 ] One piece of advice I offer to those moving to public cloud is that although the way we consume technology changes (over the open Internet instead of over our enterprise network), the patterns of technology remain the same. Storage is storage, no matter if it’s 15 feet away or 1,500 miles. Same goes for compute, databases, even specialized security and ops processes.To read this article in full, please click here
The cloud has been around in one form or another for about 20 years now. Although cloud looks much different than it did back in the days that were dominated by software as a service, the rise of platform as a service and infrastructure as a service has made the concept much more powerful and useful for enterprises.
The evolution of cloud technology is affecting all technology. The era of the PC got us to client/server. The growth of distributed computing got us service-oriented architecture. What has the rise of the cloud got us?
One piece of advice I offer to those moving to public cloud is that although the way we consume technology changes (over the open Internet instead of over our enterprise network), the patterns of technology remain the same. Storage is storage, no matter if it’s 15 feet away or 1,500 miles. Same goes for compute, databases, even specialized security and ops processes.
