Evolution of Cloud computing

Who brought this concept? The idea about cloud computing was introduced by a computer scientist Sir John McCarthy in the year 1961. He said one day we will see computing utilities or the functions of a computer spreading among the public just like how telephone service is now. This was just a concept back then but what drove these people to implement and develop such a service is the cost of computing and automation. From the 1960 there were something new every year to the IT world and people as well as companies had to upgrade their computing systems and this was a costly process. That was the time when people didn’t want to buy or upgrade their computing systems instead want to share or use it as a service due to the huge cost of hardware. ("A history of cloud computing", 2016) But by the 1980’s this idea of cloud computing diminished in popularity with the release of mini computers which was less costly and everyone could have one in their own home. With the introduction of the internet the people started to use the basic computing utilities online such as Google and Yahoo search engines, sending of emails through Hotmail and Gmail as well as a result of collective innovation the Facebook, YouTube, Tumblr and more. But idea of using cloud came back in general was through the use of smartphones after the year 2005. Remember when we had to delete the photos, music and other data stored in our phones to add more, this problem opened the gates for cloud computing again. Companies started to develop the idea which was introduced in 1960s to give way for more storage and process faster through an online application to improve productivity which is also known as timeshare ("Where Did Cloud Computing Come From, Anyway?", 2016). So let’s now see what these services are in detail.

References

A history of cloud computing. (2016). Computer Weekly. Retrieved 28 June 2016, from http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/A-history-of-cloud-computing

Where Did Cloud Computing Come From, Anyway?. (2016). TIME.com. Retrieved 28 June 2016, from http://time.com/3750915/cloud-computing-origin-story/