Cloud Computing

1. Your challenge is to imagine the dynamics of an emerging technology.

Emerging technology means developing technologies which are often found in information technology field. This technology is based on a new idea that is being tested to determine if it will produce the results it claims, with the ultimate goal that the technology will ultimately be mass produced. Actually emerging technology is continuously being developed in order to meet requirements of companies and nation. This technology goes through a variety of testing before it is released to the public.

Among these emerging technologies one of the current trends in the fast paced field of Information Technology is the development of cloud computing. The cloud computing means an emerging model of computing where machines in large data centers can be dynamically provisioned, configured, and reconfigured to deliver services in a scalable manner, for needs ranging from scientific research to video sharing to e-mail. This is the outsourcing of business processing and storage to "virtual" servers over a network, most commonly the internet. Without compromising data transfer speed, the advance of network technology has allowed companies to shift huge amounts of their business intelligence systems to outside servers. There are three types of cloud services usually presented; these services are Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). Organizations can benefit greatly from cloud services because they eliminate the need to buy and manage physical resources. The real sense of the cloud is about democratization and equality, about giving public a voice, and also the power to get things done. This pattern with global communities and new collaboration models that are changing the way people fund projects, launch businesses, and work together. It is easy way access to enormous computing power to allow both large companies and small start-ups with limited resources.

The cloud is impacting our lives in many ways and interesting trends are taking shape across large areas of civilizations. There are some examples are given below which are indicating what I mean.

Closing the digital divide

We have already heard of the One laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative which aimed at designing a computer cheap sufficient to be within reach of children from the world's poor countries. It was a very hardware-focused view of the world, built with non-standard technology that was unknown to people outside the lab where it was designed. A most important inhibitor was the limited selection of software available, as well as how to distribute it, how to install it, how to maintain it, and what licensing was required. The cloud provides a similar wholesale leap over the PC model on which OLPC was based. Rather than a specific laptop design with many technical constraints, nowadays all need is access to the net, and an endless selection of free software is