“The cloud” is enabling substantial change in how we store, access, and process data in nearly every aspect of our lives.
To illustrate that change, let’s first focus on life B.C. or before cloud. Before the cloud, information was stored on computers or local devices. If you needed that information, you had to be connected to that storage device or computer. Likewise, you needed a computer — often an expensive one — with enough power to process the information.
This B.C. world was static, risky, and inefficient.
It was static because it did not enable any true mobility. Data was stored in the same way traditional books are stored in libraries. If you wanted to read another book, you had to be in a specific location.
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