Look out, Al Gore, Cloud will be bigger than Internet

“Cloud computing will surpass the Internet in importance,” Georgetown University professor Mike Nelson told attendees of the World Future Society conference in Boston earlier this month.
Cloud computing will level the playing field for those with or without financial resources. According to Nelson, cloud computing will allow developing nations to access resources once only available to affluent countries. Similarly, small businesses will save money and capital expenditures by tapping cloud-based services and platforms – tapping resources previously monopolized by enterprise-level business.
The growing popularity of the Cloud is evident, as several recent surveys have pointed out. The Pew Internet and American Life Project reports in their May 2010 survey update that 66% of people responding indicated they regularly use cloud computing, up from 10% in 2000, when the Project conducted its first survey on the subject.
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