Where to Next?:Advances and predictions for personal cloud computing

Andrew YoungkinEmerging Technologies/Evaluation Coordinator NN/LM-SE/AUniversity of Maryland, BaltimoreHealth Sciences & Human Services Library

Objectives•Define ‘the cloud’•Define personal cloud•Discuss:

▫cloud types/models▫10 popular end-user cloud-based apps▫current cloud trends▫projected cloud implications

What is ‘The Cloud”•“storing and accessing data and programs

over the Internet, instead of your computer’s hard drive…the cloud is a metaphor for the Internet” (PC Magazine, 3/13/13)

The Cloud

The Cloud: A shift in how we compute•( paradigm shift from desktop computing

or server-client computing)

Cloud Types•Private•Public•Community •Hybrid

Cloud Service Models•Software as a Service (SaaS)

▫End-Users•Platform as a Service (PaaS)

▫Application Developers•Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

▫System Administrators

Model examples

Our Focus Today—Personal Cloud•SaaS—Software as a Service•Individuals/consumers (not businesses)•End-User driven•Public Cloud-based

Personal Cloud Benefits:•Storage•Collaboration •Productivity•Cost savings* •Security*

Personal Cloud Concerns/Risks•Security•Privacy•Ownership•Lack of Control•Cost

The Cloud is….

The Cloud is also….• Dropbox• Evernote• Google Drive/Docs• Microsoft SkyDrive• Hojoki• Adobe Creative• Screencast O Matic• Popplet• Wolfram Alpha• Medeley• VoiceThread

DropBox

Evernote

Google Drive/Docs

Microsoft SkyDrive/Office

Hojoki

Adobe Creative Cloud

•http://www.adobe.com/products/creativecloud.html#nerolimedia_split_cc_overview-update_no_coming_soon_708x398-1300.mp4

Screencast O Matic

Popplet

http://youtu.be/FHIp6cHYkDg

Mendeley

Voicethread

More Services• Bibliography Management

▫Endnote Web• Assessment

▫SurveyMonkey▫Doodle Poll▫Poll Anywhere

• Mind-mapping▫Cacoo

• Presentation▫Prezi▫Haiku Deck

What’s next? •Predictions•Additional Trends to watch

July 2012

•Gartner

2013

Pew Internet & American Life Project•85% of U.S. adults own a cell phone, of

those, 53% own smartphones •Mobile computing trends continue to rise:

“nearly 2/3 of American adults connect to Web via smartphone, tablet computer, or on the go laptop”.

•Estimated, in 2016, 10 billion Internet devices globally or about 1.4 devices per person, smartphone traffic to increase 50 times next 4 years

Prediction: The new PC•Gartner predicts personal clouds will soon

become the new ‘PC” (Forbes Tech 12/9/12)▫Where users store, access, personalize digital lives▫With personal cloud, shift away from client device

—no single platform or vendor will dominate•Pew: “71% technology stakeholders & critics

believe that in 2020, most people won’t do work with software running on PC, but Internet based applications like Google Docs”.

Prediction: ‘Internet of Things’ gains traction•Everyday things have their own IP

address, collecting, storing, organizing data

•Gartner lists IOT as 1 of 10 top technologies in 2013▫Pharmaceutical containers▫Smart posters▫Applicances▫Automobiles

Prediction: Enhanced Personalized data/information •Niche, purpose-specific web-based

applications—growing ‘applification’•“The Quantified Self” --Personal data

analytics•Home based ‘local’ private clouds

Prediction: Open learning will grow•MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses)

▫Khan Academy▫Coursera ▫Udacity ▫edX

Prediction: Phrase:‘to the cloud’ will go away•More specific terminology used •More discretion in putting it/all in the

cloud•Companies to drop ‘cloud’ from name•Hype cycle will show ‘healthier’ trend line

Take Aways •“The Cloud” is big, diverse, multi-leveled,

widely purposed, and not a new concept•Personal cloud computing, consumer/end-

user applications have benefits and risks•Personal cloud applications will likely

increase in number, scope, and functionality as cloud computing continues to define how we access, use, and organize information

•Stay informed…the cloud will continue to evolve

ContactAndrew YoungkinUniversity of Maryland, BaltimoreHealth Sciences & Human Services Library NNLM, SE/A, Suite 508 601 West Lombard StreetBaltimore, Maryland 21201800.338.7657 (in region)410.706.2855Email: ayoungki@hshsl.umaryland.edu Skype: andrew.yougkin1

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