Christopher S. Yoo and Jean-Francois Blanchette (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780262029407
- eISBN:
- 9780262331166
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262029407.001.0001
- Subject:
- Computer Science, Programming
Cloud computing has emerged as one of the most salient recent developments in information technology. Predictions about its future run the gamut, with some believing that it represents a fundamental ...
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Cloud computing has emerged as one of the most salient recent developments in information technology. Predictions about its future run the gamut, with some believing that it represents a fundamental change the nature of computing and others arguing that it is nothing more than overhyped repackaging of existing technologies. This book represents the first effort to bridge this gap by exploring cloud computing’s implications from a wide range of interdisciplinary perspectives. Individual chapters analyze the business case for cloud computing, the changing nature of reliability in the Internet, the implications of treating the Internet as critical infrastructure, architectural changes to make cloud computing more contractible, and the impact of cloud computing on copyright, privacy, and consumer protection.Less
Cloud computing has emerged as one of the most salient recent developments in information technology. Predictions about its future run the gamut, with some believing that it represents a fundamental change the nature of computing and others arguing that it is nothing more than overhyped repackaging of existing technologies. This book represents the first effort to bridge this gap by exploring cloud computing’s implications from a wide range of interdisciplinary perspectives. Individual chapters analyze the business case for cloud computing, the changing nature of reliability in the Internet, the implications of treating the Internet as critical infrastructure, architectural changes to make cloud computing more contractible, and the impact of cloud computing on copyright, privacy, and consumer protection.
