I’m a geek. I admit it without a single shred of embarrassment. I have 14 computing devices at home ranging from a hand-me-down PCs to the latest iPhone and virtualized servers. They run on operating systems from Windows XP to flavors of Linux and Apple’s OS. The best part of this is that I don’t care where I sit down to work or play. All my computing is in the cloud and completely device and OS-independent. I don’t even care where I am in the world.
If you’re not headed towards Cloud Computing already, you’re behind. That’s it.
I use Google Docs for office file editing, Netflix and Hulu for entertainment, Mint and QuickbooksOnline for finance, Google Appengine for development projects and websites; even Passpack to keep my passwords secure.
My professional side is no different. Critical company files, emails, calendar activities, and CRM data are in iChannel, our Content Management System.
Keeping everything in the cloud has the advantages of being secured against unauthorized access and disaster, provides immediate availability and total mobility. Even though hardware has become less expensive, mobility has become the technology front-runner and has already altered the traditional office landscape.
Plan to soar through the Cloud and you’ll be moving faster and more flexibly than ever before.
Heads up: After Cloud Computing will be location-based and just-in-time/predictive services.
- Mike Chu
