Again Ahead Of Its Time

Here’s another technology for which the adoption rate may be a decade longer than folks think — "cloud computing," like Google Apps. Google’s Right, but Cloud Computing’s Timeline Isn’t So Clear [Coop’s Corner].  Superb idea, but there are bandwidth, security, availability and reliability issues to be addressed before CIOs will adopt this model for the enterprise market.  Already, however, it appears that the threat of this future, server-based computing architecture can be felt in today’s services and technologies.