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To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (665)	6/7/2011 12:17:17 AM
From: posthumousone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1685

i suppose apple freaks will want the cloud..... i dont want anyone snooping on my pc i am fine backing up everything to 2G external hd. will i have to pay for larger bandwith? extra security? just alot of ticky tack add ons i wouldnt like, but most people dont think about add on charges Before i heard apple was doing it, I waa thinking about using amazons cloud......still may

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (665)	6/8/2011 11:36:09 AM
From: stockman_scott	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1685

Apple’s iCloud Takes The Lead In Pursuit Of The $12 Billion Personal Cloud Opportunity blogs.forbes.com

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (665)	6/8/2011 11:38:25 AM
From: stockman_scott	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1685

Are Banks Using The Cloud? blogs.forbes.com

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (665)	6/10/2011 12:41:55 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 1685

June 7, 2011 - ScaleXtreme Looks to Bring Server Management to the Cloud serverwatch.com

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (665)	6/11/2011 8:21:48 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 1685

Cloud threatens to end PC’s reign ft.com <<...at the frontiers of its empire, the PC is under attack. Tablet computers, led by the iPad, are estimated to sell anywhere from 50m to 80m this year – a wide range that highlights the trouble many analysts are still having in trying to decide how big an impact the device will have and how fast. How many of those sales will come at the PC’s expense is also a subject of intense debate, and one of the main reasons why a cloud has hung over Microsoft’s stock price in recent months. According to Goldman Sachs, which is among the most pessimistic on the issue, 35 per cent of tablet sales will replace PC sales this year, and the “cannibalisation” could get worse. The PC has fought off attacks like this before – most recently, from low-cost devices known as the netbooks, though these eventually fell into line with the technology architecture of PCs. Microsoft has adopted a similar strategy in response to the latest pretender to invade its turf: it wants to redefine the tablet as a PC. Earlier this month, it showed off its next version of Windows for the first time, running on a tablet – with a user interface adapted for the mobile, touchscreen world, but the guts of a full PC that is capable of running all the applications that live on a personal computer. Intel has also sought to push out the boundaries of the PC. Late last month, the world’s biggest chipmaker showed off the design for what it called an “ultrabook” – a lightweight machine it claimed would account for 40 per cent of laptop sales next year, and reflecting heavy influences of tablets and Apple’s MacBook Air. As Phil Schiller, Apple’s head of product marketing, declared recently of the thin, silvery slice of computing elegance: “The whole industry wants to copy it.” Ultimately, debates like this over the form-factor of personal computing devices are beside the point, says Roger Kay, a technology industry analyst. “It’s a semantic problem,” he said. “The definition of PCs becomes irrelevant, it disappears.” While PCs will continue to sell in large numbers, however, they are rapidly declining in influence. Sales this year will be exceeded for the first time by smartphones, which have had a remarkable rise in the four years since Apple introduced the iPhone. With a new form of personal computing device shipping in such large numbers, it is no surprise that the focus of attention is shifting. “The PC is no longer the nexus of innovation in the tech industry,” says Pat Gelsinger, a former chief technology officer at Intel. Developers have stopped writing software for the machine and are now producing applications that can run across a range of devices. “The PC is being seen as one more display device. The entire development world has moved on.” The same shift is happening among consumers. “We know we’re selling into a lot of places where the households just don’t have computers,” Scott Forstall, head of Apple’s software division, said this week. With the iCloud, he added, Apple wants to make it easier to run new digital devices without ever needing to hook them up to PCs. “So now, if you want to cut the cord, you can.” For the venerable personal computer, it sounded like one more nail in the coffin...>> The Financial Times Limited 2011.