history of cloud computing

History of Cloud Computing

Cloud computing first came into concept back in the 1960's when John McCarthy proposed that computers may some day be organized in a method that would involve it acting as a public utility. Telecommunication companies began offering VPN (Virtual Private Network) services during the 90's that were much lower in cost then their at the time offered point-to-point data circuits that provided their services. The cloud symbol represents the difference between the user’s and providers responsibilities. In 2007, major companies such as IBM, Google, Amazon (although Amazon helped development of cloud computing earlier on as well), and different school universities created a huge cloud computing research project which allowed many to see the prospects of cloud computing and the positive effects it could have on IT users and those who sell IT services. Cloud computing has been predicted to be put to use by nearly 80 percent of fortune 500 companies by the year 2012 and will continue to grow in use as the years go by.