The Cloud: No Strings Attached
We all know that more businesses and consumers are turning to cloud computing as a more efficient way of, well, doing business and staying in touch. The beauty of cloud computing enables users to move and access data online from a single computer, and that means they can do business or stay in touch from any computer anywhere.
But, businesses and consumers that use the cloud to run applications and access data will increasingly be doing it without plugging in.
That’s according to a recent article on wireless cloud computing, quoting a Chicago Tribune tech writer Wailin Wong. She predicts that the migration to web access via wireless devices will soon make cloud computing even more virtual. Already, many consumers are using the cloud wirelessly – for example, using their web-enabled mobile phones to share photos on Facebook and access email via Google.
"Industry players expect the number of mobile cloud computing applications to grow rapidly over the next few years," Wong commented, in the story.
I agree. Cloud computing is here and growing, and the ever-increasing use of wireless devices to access the web can only speed the trend.