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Cloud Computing Chapter 20

The document discusses how the cloud will influence and enable various technologies in the future. It describes how the cloud will change how people watch TV by enabling on-demand and interactive viewing on any device from home to cars. It also discusses how the cloud could enable intelligent fabrics that adjust temperature, notify when someone enters a room, and monitor health. Finally, it outlines how the cloud will drive mobile applications and mobile technologies will also drive further cloud development, with examples of location-aware coupon apps and smart home devices communicating via the cloud.

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Cloud Computing Chapter 20

The document discusses how the cloud will influence and enable various technologies in the future. It describes how the cloud will change how people watch TV by enabling on-demand and interactive viewing on any device from home to cars. It also discusses how the cloud could enable intelligent fabrics that adjust temperature, notify when someone enters a room, and monitor health. Finally, it outlines how the cloud will drive mobile applications and mobile technologies will also drive further cloud development, with examples of location-aware coupon apps and smart home devices communicating via the cloud.

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Cloud Computing

Chapter 20 The Future of the Cloud

Learning Objectives

Describe how the cloud will influence future operating systems. Describe how the cloud enables location-aware applications. Describe how the cloud will change the way people watch TV. Describe how the cloud may enable the use of intelligent fabrics. Describe how the cloud will enable communication among smart devices. Describe how the cloud will drive mobile solutions and mobile solutions will drive the cloud. Discuss the role of HTML5 in enabling new mobile applications. Describe the role of home-based clouds.

Clouds Impact on Microsoft


Microsoft is heavily invested in all aspects of computing, including the cloud. Microsofts CEO, Steve Ballmer, has publicly stated that Microsoft, like other companies, is betting the company on the cloud.
Windows Azure Windows Office 360

Clouds Impact on Operating Systems


Role of virtualization
Servers Desktops on demand

Role of thin clients and SaaS solutions

Location-Aware Applications
A location-aware application utilizes data from the GPS (global positioning system) capabilities built into mobile devices to integrate an individuals location into the processing it performs. As GPS capabilities are built into more devices, applications will begin to deliver more locationaware solutions.

Real World: Coupius Mobile Coupons


Users of computers and handheld devices are becoming on-demand consumers: They want what they want, when and where they want it. Coupious Mobile Coupons provides insights into the future of coupon clipping. The site currently delivers on-demand, location-aware coupons to states along the east coast of the United States.

Intelligent Fabrics
Automatically adjust room temperature when body temperature becomes too warm or too cold. Notify rooms when we enter or leave so that lights, music, and other devices are controlled. Monitor body functions such as blood pressure, blood sugar levels, stress, and more, and notify the person and adjust the environment to affect those functions. Notify others when an elderly person has fallen. Provide deterrence against mosquitoes and insects.

The Future of Cloud TV


Companies such as Hulu are changing the way consumers watch TV. With greater bandwidth available everywhere, DVDs will soon fall by the wayside. Not only will TV viewers watch shows on demand in their homes, in their cars, and on airplanes, but also a new breed of projection devices will make any flat surface a TV screen. Furthermore, users will be able to interact with content, perhaps changing the outcome of a story.

Cloud-Based Smart Devices


For years, futurists have forecast the day when a refrigerator would automatically create your grocery list and send the list to the store so your essentials could be delivered. The clouds ability to provide Internet access any place and any time makes such processing a reality. Some devices may initially be intelligent with respect to their ability to control power consumption, possibly avoiding power use during peak times and costs.

How HTML5 Will Drive Mobile Applications


HTML5 is the 20th anniversary update release of HTML, which supports capabilities previously available only through Flash-based development. Using HTML5, developers can create multimedia content suitable for all devices. As a result, HTML5 will further drive the success of mobile applications.

Faster Time to Market for Software Applications


The cloud streamlines many expensive and timeconsuming development steps. Companies no longer have to raise the capital required to fund a large data center. Instead, they can leverage a PaaS solution. Furthermore, companies no longer have to pay expensive up-front licensing fees for various software tools such as database management systems. Instead, they can leverage pay-ondemand solutions.

Faster Time to Market Continued


Finally, companies no longer have to guess their sites adoption rate so that they can provide the underlying computing resources. Instead, they can let their cloud-based applications scale to meet demand. The net result: Developers will release software solutions at a faster pace, bringing the solutions to a market that expects high functionality and demands lower cost.

Home-Based Cloud Computing


Today, most households have wireless network capabilities that allow family members to connect to the Web and access sites and content they desire. With the advent of smart devices, intelligent fabrics, and greater use of radio frequency identification (RFID) devices, family members will expect on-demand personalized technology solutions.

Key Terms

Chapter Review
1. List and describe five ways you think the cloud will change the future of TV. 2. List and describe five potential uses for intelligent fabric. 3. List and describe five ways the cloud will influence the mobile application market, or vice versa. 4. Discuss the importance of HTML 5.

Chapter Review Continued


5. Discuss how the cloud will impact future operating systems. 6. List and describe three potential location-aware applications. 7. List and describe five ways intelligent devices may work together.

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