Cloud rEvolution: Laying the Foundation (Volume 1)
30 September 2009
Cloud computing is taking IT by storm, and with it enterprises across the commercial and government sectors. As cloud computing changes the game in IT and opens up enormous agility and innovation for the business, enterprises are seeking to understand how they can benefit from cloud.
According to economist Brian Arthur of the Santa Fe Institute, cloud computing represents a morphing of the digital domain. This morphing is evolutionary from a technology standpoint, and potentially revolutionary for its business impact, as cloud (the latest major phase of IT) infiltrates all aspects of the economy over time. Or as Arthur puts it, "The economy is an expression of its technologies."
Volume 1, Cloud rEvolution: Laying the Foundation, examines the core building blocks of the cloud, focusing on three areas: universal power, universal information and universal access. Armed with a solid understanding of cloud's foundations, enterprises will be better equipped to take advantage of advances in cloud computing, address its current limitations, and cut through the hype and doubt that currently surround cloud.
Volume 1 kicks off the four-volume Cloud rEvolution series, which probes the cloud continuum from its foundational technologies to abstracted technologies to the ultimate abstraction: the cloud itself. The series explores IT and business implications, covering technology advances, examples, concerns and practical guidelines. The four-volume series is as follows:
Volume 1: Cloud rEvolution: Laying the Foundation
Volume 2: Cloud rEvolution: The Art of Abstraction
Volume 3: Cloud rEvolution: The Cloud Effect
Volume 4: Cloud rEvolution: A Workbook for Cloud Computing in the Enterprise