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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. Internet end users in any location on earth can receive delivery of information this way. It is predicted that 2012 will witness continuous growth in the industry. An end user can be a customer of the service and not have to comprehend the configuration of those services. Compare this to a physician educated at Harvard delivering health care to a patient in Arizona. The patient need not know he came from Harvard to be the recipient of care. In 2012 cloud services will be bought by 80 percent of all businesses in the Fortune 1000 group. Any security concerns are already being followed with the goal of new protection being put in place. One financial whiz is certain that sensitive information will be safer. It is currently safe, however, being managed externally, new issues may surface in the coming year. Security is a priority. When new methods of transmitting information on the Internet combine with new methods of securing that information there are going to be unexpected issues. These issues are divided into different groups to be dealt with. Some of those groups are sensitive data access, malicious insiders and bug exploitation. All will be provided with solutions to minimize risk. Safety for the planet is not being overlooked by those inventive IT guys. Green computing is the act of creating and using the new technology without putting more stress on the environment than necessary. Techniques will be put into motion to reduce the power drain. Any compromise that can be made, will be made. Carbon footprints, that represent the impact of power consumption on the earth, are going to be reduced as much as can be feasibly instituted. 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. This technology will make it possible for anyone to act as a service provider. Dependence on infrastructure, which used to be necessary is no longer needed. A company that wants employees who work from home will find it easier. An employee who travels will be able to access files from any part of the world. The access can be from any device that is capable of connecting to the Internet. 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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