Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Chuck Hughes: Buy Google

There is a major technology shift occurring that will bring an end to the PC as we know it. Gone will be the days when we would go out to the local computer store and buy application or operating system software and install it on our PC. In the not too distant future your monitor will be connected to what is called the cloud database that contains all of the applications and operating systems you need making the PC obsolete. The first stage of the cloud database is already a reality. When you find driving directions on Map Quest, watch a video on YouTube, conduct a data search on Google or sell your car on Craigslist all you need is a monitor with an Internet connection. Although these activities require you to use your PC, none of the content you are accessing or the applications you are using are actually stored on your PC hard drive. Instead they are stored in a giant data network or cloud. This technology shift will forever change the way we get information and do business. Due to the thousands of miles of fiber-optic cable installed during the last 10 years, the speed of computer networks has finally exceeded the speed of computer processors. Computers that were once incompatible and isolated are now linked in a giant network, or cloud that contains a database of applications and operating systems that only require a monitor and Internet connection. The management team at Google has positioned the company to be the leader in the technology shift to cloud databases ...

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