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Dirik Hameed
The term cloud computing is used to describe the service provided by the company named cloud computing. In 2007, the concept and the company were exhibited at an expo in New York. Crowds were thin. Only 450 people came. This year an exposition displaying the same business and the same concept is going to be held in Santa Clara in November. They predict that more than 5,000 people will be there. 2This much growth in any company or industry certainly indicates years of success. It is a different concept of providing service that allows resources to be shared over the Internet browser without necessarily divulging the location the resources such as information are coming from with a cloud server. It is likened to a solar photovoltaic grid that stores power generated by the sun and delivers it. A broad overview is not an adequate definition because this new technology encompasses so much more. Predictions for this technology are all positive. Experts expect it to continue to succeed and grow in the next five years. It is unique in that end users receive services without being informed where they are sent from. The configuration of the services that are delivered to the end users do not have to be understood by them. In 2012 one well-known financial wizard says 80 percent of the Fortune 1000 companies are going to be buying these services. There is some concern about how safe it is to have security based services managed externally. Plans are already in the works to address the security issues. The sensitive information is going to be protected in a way that will keep the crackers out. The focus is placed on the need for new security measures for the cloud technology. The year 2012 will see stringent safety precautions put into use. All security issues have been categorized so nothing will be overlooked. Some are dealing with bug exploitation, malicious insiders and sensitive data access. All aspects of each will be carefully examined and resolved. This relatively new technology is concerned with the health of the planet. Investigation will be made into expanding the green computing that will be environmentally advantageous. They will utilize any small compromise they can make to reduce power consumption. The goal is to reduce what is referred to as carbon footprints. One Vice President of Marketing for one of the major data centers stated that public power failures were inevitable in 2012. In 2010 and 2011 there were such outages. Customers do not consider it a monumental situation. New ways of dealing with such interruptions are developed as needed. He also predicts that the LAN barrier will be penetrated by one of the companies using cloud computing. Another thing expected to happen is the significant improvements in Infrastructure 2.0. Due to the fact that infrastructure is not needed with the new technology, anyone will be able to act as a service provider. Working at home or another off-site location will be facilitated by this lack of dependency on infrastructure. An employee is going to work from any location. All the company files they need to make changes to are going to be available using any device that provides Internet access. One of the prominent predictions for 2012 is that African governments will embrace this new technology. It is expected to be a tool that will play a part in economic growth. In fact, cloud computing will be a factor in modernization in underdeveloped countries around the globe.
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