Cloud is rising with epic speed as a new computing paradigm for the new, mobile and social workforce. This report evaluates cloud computing solutions, anticipated effects on industries, consumers, the Internet, and mobile communications. It analyzes business opportunities and the anticipated beneficiaries of cloud computing including Google and its competition. The report also analyzes the evolution of the cloud marketplace in terms of influencers, users, vendors, solutions, and more.
Table of Contents
1 Background of Current Industry
1.1 Major Players Excluding Google
1.2 Technical Innovation
1.2.1 Advantages of the Cloud
1.2.2 Disadvantages and Concerns of the Cloud
1.2.3 Expected Developments and Improvements
1.2.4 Unaddressed Functionalities and Questions
2 Cloud-based Service Implementation
2.1 For IT providers
2.2 For developers
2.3 For businesses
2.4 For consumer use
2.5 For government use
3 Cloud Computing and Google
3.1 History and Details of Google's Role in Emergence of the Cloud
3.1.1 Wars with Microsoft
3.1.2 Apple Competition
3.1.3 Business users of Google Cloud
3.1.4 Consumer users of Google Cloud
4 Role of the Mobile Industry
4.1 Major Players
4.2 What the Mobile Cloud means to Cloud Computing Overall
5 Pricing Cloud Computing
6 Anticipated Trends, Applications, and Patents
7 Market Forecasts: Trends and Advice for Vendors and Investors
8 Other Considerations
9 Conclusions
List of Figures
List of Tables
