The Cloud Computing Revolution

Cloud computing describes computation, software, data access, and storage services that do not require end-user knowledge of the physical location and configuration of the system that delivers the services. Parallels to this concept can be drawn with the electricity grid where end-users consume power resources without any necessary understanding of the component devices in the grid required to provide said service.

The term Cloud Computing has now been around for a few years, mainly driven by the pioneers Amazon, Google and SalesForce. More recently, the competition has been growing with more and more Cloud providers flooding the market with plenty of new offerings which enable ISV and developers to launch new services very quickly and very efficiently.