The increased use of Web for day to day tasks is making accessing web-based services an essential part of everyone’s life. The demand for accessing the services through mobile devices is also rapidly increasing. This is due to factors like ubiquitous Internet access, advancement in wireless technology and widespread availability of low cost mobile devices.
This is show cased when Apple's iPhone sparked an explosion in consumer awareness of mobile application’s usage. New applications are proliferating and "application stores" are springing up. But these applications need mobile devices with robust computing power, limiting their potential use. In a few years time we can expect a major shift from traditional mobile application technology to mobile cloud computing.
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Cloud computing will bring unprecedented sophistication to mobile applications. Cloud network services are quickly becoming a tremendous force in the mobile ecosystem, offering almost unlimited storage and processing power. The number of mobile apps based on Cloud is growing at exponential rates, and industry analysts predict enormous growth for this sector.
The cloud brought with it a couple of interesting dimensions. First, it required everyone to get used to internet. Anyone who wanted to make use of cloud has to accept computer networks. One of the downsides of cloud computing is that it's dependent on connectivity. No connectivity, no cloud.
Fortunately, these days, connectivity issues are few and far between. However, one have to consider the risks involved in leveraging networked computing model, inclusive of cloud computing. When, you manage the risks systematically, there is nothing to worry about.
Future outlook
Joshua Jewett, CIO Family Dollar Stores chain predicts "Either you consciously build cloud and mobile systems or you're reacting to forces of the world which will surely push you down that path,”
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