iPad: Key to The Way we View the Cloud
If you’ve been wondering what the iPad will do for the cloud, or what it even has to do with the cloud, wonder no more.
A new poll asked 135 IT folks how they thought the iPad affects cloud computing. It shows that 30% predict the iPad will “further push the value of virtualized infrastructures” so that data can be accessed from different devices. Another 20% foresaw that the new gadget, the debut of which has just been postponed until the end of May due to growing demand, proves that all objects will eventually become “internet appliances” connecting to the cloud.
The next biggest percentage, nearly one in five (18%) responded that storage “will become a major issue,” as people rethink how they store and organize data by using the iPad. Next, 15% turned the question on its head and said that the cloud “affects the iPad more than the iPad having an effect on the cloud.” Another 13% didn’t see any relationship between the cloud and iPad, while a small number, 3%, consider the iPad Apple’s mothership, and so people will trust the brand to adopt cloud computing.
Most of the respondents who recognize the relationship between the iPad and the cloud probably also understand that virtualization plays a key role in the way cloud computing evolves. And people agree that the tablet is the next step to an embedded computer on any object.
My view of the value of the iPad is that, more so than the iPhone, it will make consumers and small businesses think about the necessity and usefulness of the cloud as the modern way of computing – access to the net anytime and anywhere and the most convenient, mobile place to store your data and access apps for work and leisure. And a deeper understanding of the cloud’s vulnerabilities in, in fact, keeping data secure, will lead to further demand for cloud monitoring services so that companies can feel more secure.
