Since the beginning of the computer era, computers are treated as individual machines. The term 'Personal Computer' (PC) is made up by marketing guys to make it sound more friendly, and sellable. Each PC has its own hard- and software and can function independently.
The ‘new computer world order’ is a world where Personal Computers become Mass Computers; the user only sees the monitor, keyboard and mouse, other hard- and software are located and executed somewhere else. The monitor contains a network adapter which sends the information via internet, maybe thousands of miles away, to a server where that users` space and hardware is reserved.
A part of this concept isn`t new for large organizations, where software is stored and executed on central servers, located in the same building as the users. I`m sure that you even use these applications; from a simple website to webmail. The webmail for example, is being executed on a mail server, the users` computer only shows the results, in this case the emails.
The Pros and Cons of cloud computing
Every computer is a Personal Computer thanks to Mass computing. The personal configurations like: email, desktop wallpaper, pictograms, files and file structure, internet favorites, etcetera are available at every computer that has access to the cloud provider. It is a matter of logging in, and your personal configuration is run on a server and shown on your monitor as if it is run on a ‘not-clouded PC’. The fast internet connection and high performance servers on the other side of the network, will give the user the feeling that the applications are executed local.
Because hard and software is managed in large numbers and the specialization of the cloud provider, the IT costs will be considerable lower.
Every computer is a Personal Computer thanks to Mass computing. The personal configurations like: email, desktop wallpaper, pictograms, files and file structure, internet favorites, etcetera are available at every computer that has access to the cloud provider. It is a matter of logging in, and your personal configuration is run on a server and shown on your monitor as if it is run on a ‘not-clouded PC’. The fast internet connection and high performance servers on the other side of the network, will give the user the feeling that the applications are executed local.
Because hard and software is managed in large numbers and the specialization of the cloud provider, the IT costs will be considerable lower.
There is one large con: the organization depends completely on the cloud provider. Giving the most essential part of the organization to another organization is for most potential users a bridge to far. Not only the privacy sensitive data, but also the possibility of the whole IT system going offline, is like putting your hart in the hands of a strangers.
It looks like there is no turning back, one day all computers will be clouded!
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