Whether we embrace it or not, the Data and Application economy is upon us. Every business is, in some respects, a digital business, and in the digital realm things change FAST.
The term ‘cloud’ as a technology concept has been in use since at least 1971, but even as recently as 2009 companies like IBM were just introducing it to prospective clients. Fast forward 7 years, and it is now the preeminent way computing power and information are shared, and the next evolution is already underway in the form of the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT).