Cloud Computing: A Thing of the Past?
Yes, in ten years, we will hardly ever mention “the Cloud” and all related buzzwords surrounding cloud computing.
Notice what I am not saying: that cloud computing will go away.
Cloud computing will simply have been ingrained in the technology we use, and will cease to become a meaningful term for technologists. We’ll all be cloud computing pros, in enterprise and consumer fields alike. Says a recent article:
“Cloud computing in ten years will have gone off in various directions, all systemic to how we handle enterprise computing in the future.”
Companies with products that live in the Cloud will have totally redesigned how we approach and use business solutions. Many services already reside in the Cloud, sure, but in ten years’ time they will be stronger, more concrete, and built to fully contain the same standards expected of any desktop product or solution.
The Cloud and the Context
The other major shift we’ll barely notice ten years out is what our information will look like. Everything about our experience will be impacted: how data will be presented, how we will read, use, and convey it to others. The larger context surrounding the information will also be shaped by cloud computing, as its power and influence expands. It’s this Big Data thing, and it’s got people excited about the potential.
All the data that today lives separate of other data, siloed and in solitude, will have a larger context, when it’s suddenly accessible in relation to other meaningful data. This presents massive potential for every sector of business (and heck, life). Some of these tools exist today, but they’re still beyond the reach of what many IT shops can really do at this point.
Just give it ten years. Remember what we were doing ten years back, in 2003? Smartphones weren’t even on any regular person’s radar, “mobile” wasn’t a revolution in how people interact with computers. In fact, I was still using zip disks and floppy disks to do high school projects and publish the yearbook. That’s how far behind I was. Look what ten years can do. It can make revolutionary advances in cloud computing seem totally everyday, ordinary.
What do you see happening in cloud computing by 2023? What ancient technology were you still using in 2003?
