The Evolution of the Cloud

We’ve all seen the news stories recently about consumer-focused cloud offerings. Apple. Amazon. Google. But these aren’t new. There have been dozens of consumer-focused cloud offerings for years. What’s interesting about these new services is their focus on the delivery aspect of cloud-based media, not just the storage of it.

Companies like DropBox paved the way for consumer-focused cloud offerings (although they do get adopted by SMBs and other companies as well). But there is nothing in the...