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Sp insid pi orgnizion, nd ou’r

ik o s usinss nd It drs grpping

wih ng of d mngmn hngs.

ensuring h individus riv h infor-

mion h nd whn h nd i n h-

ng vn h mos h-svv ompn. bu

s oud ompuing fos ino h usinss

piur, som orgnizions r disovring

h i is possi o mng ssms nd d

ousid h four ws of h ompn o p

ino informion whn nd whr i’s ndd—

vi h Inrn nd on n rr of oos, inud-

ing ompurs, smr phons nd ddid

dvis. th rsu: grr gii nd owr

oss hn wh migh vi for mor

rdiion It infrsruurs.

to sur, oud ompuing is king h

It word sorm nd providing nw nd mor

ffiin ws o rin in h ompxiis of

mnging hrdwr, sofwr nd rsours.

“W r sing h ins ur wn

dvis nd funioni. th Inrn nd

oud ompuing r ginning o divr on

h promis of providing rih onn in

smss nd uiquious w,” ss Mih

Grnrg, vi prsidn for Moi Srg

Jupirmdi in Nw york ci.

Orgnizions, Grnrg nos, r

moving o n It mod h divrs d on

dmnd. th, in urn, is rhing up fx-

iii nd gii—nd hping orgnizions

om mor ompiiv.

 ahough dfiniions of oud ompuing

vr, h ommon dnominor is h h

hnoog ps ino h Inrn o mng

d nd It-rd srvis. th rm cloud  

pi rfrs o n nd srvrs nd ss-

ms o whih n orgnizion or individus

smss onn vi h Inrn. I hps

uid d-on-dmnd ompuing mod

h provids sir ss o d nd

hps nsur h h mos-urrn fis nd

d r vi n givn momn. as

rsu, i ridgs opring ssms, hrdwr

nd sofwr pforms nd dvis.

 appiions suh s Goog Dos nd

ssfor.om r mong h mos promi-

nn xmps of oud ompuing. Howvr

h onp so nompsss Sofwr-s

-Srvi (SS) nd W 2.0 oos, inudin

soi nworking srvis. ths ppi-

ions nd srvis r on h oud o sor

d, whih n hn viwd from vri-

of dvis, inuding dskop nd no-

ook ompurs, PDas nd moi phons.

“coud ompuing rprsns h nx

gnrion of Inrn usg,” osrvs

Mrgr lwis, diror of commri

Souions aMD. “I imins h nd o

hv on-o-on rionship wih our

 first o know : :

Into the Cloudcod omping is gining ion wih sinss nd It ds s hi d mngmn

hngs mon. By Samuel GreenGard

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hdw, bus ou d sids in h

oud nd is ssib anytime nd any-where . you simp visi h oud o om-

pish ou sk.”

Out Of the It fOg

Ov h s w s, high-spd onn-

ivi, mobii nd s miopossos

hv hngd ompuing in poound ws.

tod h’s gowing nd o ss d

oss poms, ssms nd dvis. add

o h quion dsi o s-k vious

pojs nd iniiivs wihou nduing

sis o ompx sps—inuding sing

up nw svs nd ppiions—nd i’sno v diiu o undsnd h pp

o h oud.

fo ss possions, oud ompu-

ing iniiiv n pu -im d—ds,

oun inomion nd ss igus—

hi ingips on 24x7 gob bsis. I

n hp oboion ouish nd g

iin k hod wihou quiing n It

dpmn o di mng h ppi-

ion. Moov, upgds nd phs ou

in h oud nd ho n k p

nspn nd smss.

 a h sm im, n ognizion mighun o soi nwoking ppiion o sh

knowdg. a oud ompuing mod n im-

in h nd o onsn di up bndwidh

nd svs. “I’s possib o s up insn

o m h nds o uss,” ss Mk linon,

dio o communiions o h appiion

Pom Division o Mioso. “I nbs h

ognizion o ppoh ompuing sous

in n xm vsi w.”

Mn ognizions d un-

ing o oud ompuing. aoding o mk

sh im IDc, spnding on It oud s-

vis is pojd o gow om $16.2 biion in

2008 o $42.3 biion in 2012. IDc nos h

oud ompuing inuds s s divs s

sog, businss ppiions, insuu

sow nd ppiion dvopmn. abou

57 pn o h un spnding on oud

pojs invovs businss ppiions.

 a o his is diving sp o indus nd

ompn iniiivs. among hm: Mioso® 

Windows® azu™, whih nbs dvop-

s o wi Mioso-ompib sowhosd on svs oping wihin Mioso’s

gob d n nwok. Windows azu

ombins oud-bsd dvop us

wih sog nd ompuion nd nwok-

ing insuu svis. Qud-co

 aMD Opon™ possos pow Windows

 azu compu Svi.

th Qud-co aMD Opon posso

wih aMD Viuizion™ (aMD-V™) hno-

og nd Di conn ahiu ws

sd o is bii o div signiin

pomn-p-w iinis; su-

ssu hnd hv pk wokodswihou siiing pomn; nb

mssiv oud sing; nd o ib

oundion h hps gob, Wb-bsd

oud ompuing nvionmns b mn-

g h dmnds o 24x7 upim o n-

piss g nd sm.

Windows azu ks dvng o h

Windows pom nd oud ompuing in

h pim ws. a h oundion ,

i hps ognizions un ppiions

Inn s on Mioso d ns.

“Windows azu povids on-dmnd om-

pu nd sog pbii o hos, s ndmng Wb ppiions, vi Mioso’s

d ns,” linon xpins.

 a h midd i, Windows azu povids

dvop svis so h n ognizion

n wi ppiions in h oud—inuding

hos h ss sog nd us SQl d-

bss o h .Net mwok. I os uhn-

iion nd d n sui. though is

liv Svis, i n so povid onsisn

w o uss o so, sh nd snho-

niz doumns, phoos, is nd inomion

oss hi Pcs, phons, Pc ppiions nd

Wb sis.

fin, h’s h inishd ppi-

ion , whih inuds svis suh

s Mioso exhng nd Mioso

ShPoin. I n mp up businss onn,

oboion nd pid souion dvopmn

in h oud. “cusoms now hv pow-

u hois nd xibii—h n un on-

pmiss ppiions, ppiions hosd

b pns o ppiions h o in

h oud. this n mn os svings ndg It gii,” linon ss.

the Sky’S the LImIt

rgdss o h x ppoh, sm-

ss nsiion o oud ompuing quis

pnning nd ppion. fis, i’s vi o

did whih ppiions shoud sid in

h oud, ss aMD’s lwis. “tpi, h

bs ndids ppiions h nd

o b gob ssd o hos h invov

o o d shing.”

Sond, h nsiion o oud ompu-

ing nvionmn n qui shi in hi-us nd insuus. as linon pus i,

“I’s ssni o know h h ppiion wi

union w nd pop wi hv ss o

d s h nd i.” fin, n ognizion

mus hv dqu sui in p.

fo ognizions h pu h pis

ogh, h bnis n b subsni. No

on n usoms, pns nd mpos

gin ss o d s nd mo iin-

bu h n so —nd —mo

quik. a w-dsignd oud ompuing

pom nbs ognizions o swih on

nw pps quik, im dvopmn ossnd buid g xibii nd gii ino

h npis. I so n hp hm mig

o s nd b svs, inuding hos

using Qud-co aMD Opon possos

opimizd o oud svis suh s azu.

Mk no misk, oud ompuing is h

o s nd wi hv big imp on It ov

h nx w s. “this isn’ sho-m

nd, nd i isn’ jus ho nw buzzwod,”

lwis obsvs. “this is h nx sg

o vouion o businsss nd indus.

coud ompuing is hnging how w hink

bou ppiions—s w s how h

dsignd nd usd.” n

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