The Cloud TechChannel precipitates what's on the horizon for on-demand Web-based embedded computing resources and how they're transforming the traditional notions of data access and storage through the concept of virtualized network infrastructure. The connectivity enabled by thi... Mores shared infrastructure has the possibility of bringing to fruition long-held ideas such as the “Internet of things” and enhancements to the smart grid, but raises issues surrounding data integrity and security, network transparency, and virtual machines. The Cloud TechChannel keeps an eye on the weather, tracking developments in “Green Computing,” Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), device/location independence, Web operating systems, and other key tenets of Cloud engineering.
