Number 13. Cloud Computing: The Third Wave of Information Technologies .

This publication is the result of the analysis carried out by the Future Trends Forum experts and analyzes what can be considered as the next technological state of a society that evolves to globalization. Citizens, companies and the public sector want to Access information at any time and place, and as a result, this information can’t be hosted in their personal computers anymore. The cloud is a solution to this need, as it centralizes computing resources and services through specialized providers that make them available to their customers in the same way energy providers do. The publication analyzes the advantages and challenges of this tendency that affects all sectors and actors of the society.
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Publication chapters
- Executive Summary. (53,3 KB - PDF)
- Foreward. (61 KB - PDF)
- Introduction. (55 KB - PDF)
- Chapter 3: Computers clouds are coming. (92,7 KB - PDF)
- Chapter 4: Commitment to the Cloud among tech companies. (177,3 KB - PDF)
- Chapter 5: The World on line. (402,5 KB - PDF)
- Chapter 6: The outlook for cloud computing in Spain. (96,4 KB - PDF)
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