In less than 5 years since the term cloud computing was introduced (Cloud Computing: Looking back and Looking Forward) , it has grown into one of the most discussed, debated and more importantly widely deployed technologies of our times. Enterprises such as Google, Facebook and cause driven initiatives such as Wikipedia are but living illustrations of cloud computing at work. In fact cloud computing has assumed a state of phenomena and affecting and benefiting more and more people, processes, businesses , government and more. Cloud computing is the most dynamic and powerful agent in today's social, political and business spheres.
Cloud computing is a phenomenon
Cloud computing has assumed a status of phenomenon. A test whether something is a phenomenon is that it starts affecting or benefiting you in your own daily life. One of the best example of phenomenon is praise rise or inflation or global warning. We all know a praise rise in items like petrol affects all us - whether you own a vehicle or not. However cloud computing as a phenomena has more benefits to offer. For instance as a common person, you may be using email services such as gmail or search engine such as google or bing or even a social networking sites such as facebook. These are all benefits passed on to common people by enterprise that are harnessing cloud computing .
