
The Cloud has become integral to most Internet-based applications and user gadgets. This article provides a brief history of the Cloud and presents a researcher's view of the prospects for innovating at the infrastructure, middleware, and application and delivery levels of the already crowded Cloud computing stack.
Accepted to IEEE Computer, 2019
QA75, FOS: Computer and information sciences, 000, QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science, T, NDAS, Edge computing, T Technology, 004, Hardware, Computer Science - Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing, Cloud computing, Data centers, Computer architecture, Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC), Next generation networking
QA75, FOS: Computer and information sciences, 000, QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science, T, NDAS, Edge computing, T Technology, 004, Hardware, Computer Science - Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing, Cloud computing, Data centers, Computer architecture, Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC), Next generation networking
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