CCT109H5 Lecture 12: Cloud Computing, Convergence and Confusion

• School: UTM
• Department: Communication, Culture and Technology
• Course: CCT109H5
• Professor: Nathan Innocente

Document Summary

Agenda: social networking, mobile technology around the globe, what is cloud computing, what do we mean by convergence, end of classes review. 3 core themes: contemporary communication echnologies transform business models, green it, the future is networked. According to armbrust et al (2009) cloud computing refers to both the application delivered as services over the internet and the hardware and systems software in the datacenters that provide those services. Virtualized images are created on servers by partitioning servers into sectors. Utility computing where server capacity is accessed across the grid as a variably priced shared service. Applications are available on demand on subscription basis. What are the social, economic and political consequences: outsourced it staffing, capital expenditure low, supports new businesses with unpredictable growth, commodification of computing power utility service like drinking water or electricity. Economies of scale afforded by statistical multiplexing and bulk purchases requires extremely large data centres.