n 2008 Nicolar Carr published a bestseller called “The Big Switch: from Edison to Google,” it’s central thesis being the strong correlation between the electrification of industry, a hundred years ago and the cloud computing industry today. The Internet as Utility As electricity became available via power lines, industry abandoned costly in-house infrastructure such as [...]
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