The Trend of Cloud Computing – From Industry’s Perspective

Over the past decade, the world we live in has been transformed by the Web. It connects us to nearly everything we dobe it economic or social. It holds the potential to make the real world smaller, more relevant, more digestible and more personal. At the same time, the PC, mobile phones and smart devices have grown geometrically in power with rich applications unimaginable just a few years ago. Microsoft envisions a world where Software-plus-Services is the next logical step in the evolution of computing. It represents an industry shift toward a design approach that is neither exclusively software-centric nor browser-centric. By deeply and genuinely combining the best aspects of software with the best aspects of cloud-based services, we can deliver more compelling solutions for consumers, developers and businesses. This presentation aims to address Microsoft vision of Three Screens and a Cloud and the R&D investments and transformation in response to the industry trend of cloud computing.

Authors and Affiliations

1. Developer & Platform Evangelism, Microsoft Greater China Region,  

   Enwei Xie

Editors and Affiliations

1. Dipartimento di Informatica, Elettronica e Sistemistica (DEIS), Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136, Bologna, Italy

   Paolo Bellavista

2. Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Dong Hwa University, 974, Hualien, Taiwan, Republic of China

   Ruay-Shiung Chang

3. Department of Electronic Engineering, National Ilan University, 260, Ilan, Taiwan , Republic of China

   Han-Chieh Chao

4. National Dong Hwa University, 974, Hualien, Taiwan, Republic of China

   Shin-Feng Lin

5. Faculty of Science Informatics Institute, University of Amsterdam, 1098, Amsterdam, XG, The Netherlands

   Peter M. A. Sloot

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