Like many technology trends, cloud computing is a series of waves and threads, not a single happening. Software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS - a la SalesForce.com), generally lots of things as a service - XaaS.
There were some cracking presentations, especially Simon Wardley’s “Gang up now before the *aaS Cloud gets you” which was delivered in a Lessig presentation style than was more Lessig than even Lessig himself.
Hosted services aren’t new, in Internet terms. However, what is new is the brewing perfect storm:
- Affordable, ubiquitous Internet access (Mobile for flexibility, Ethernet services for high bandwidth).
- Scalable, but low entry computing services (Thanks to Google and Amazon’s cloud services).
- A bevy of Internet start ups producing applications and users that are keen to consume them.
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