Publisher's Synopsis
Cloud Computing (CC) is listed by Citibank among ten markets of the future, which in the perspective of the next two decades will change the world. According to Gartner, the consulting firm, in 2016 the total value of the world market of Cloud services will amount to 131 billion $. If we add the global trend of the data migration, computational power and software from stationary and mobile equipment to Cloud, we can be sure that we live in the era of Clouds. This book, 'The Clouds Economy', is one of the most synthetic compendia concerning the concept of CC in a broad and comprehensive way from both the individual and business user's perspective. 'The Clouds Economy' discovers the complex world of the future market in which we participate today. It is a compass of knowledge and information orienting a user in the possibilities of Cloud services. In his paper entitled 'The Clouds Economy' Matt Mayevsky, analyst, economist, author of strategic foresight, he presents an analysis and forecast of the market development of cloud computing. 'The Clouds Economy' is a comprehensive publication contains an overview of the history and the current state of cloud computing (CC), analysis of the architecture of cloud solutions and the presentation of four possible scenarios for the development of the clouding.
