Document from the year 2013 in the subject Computer Science - Internet, New Technologies, language: English, abstract: Cloud Computing (CC) is listed by Citibank among ten markets of the future, which in the perspective of the next two decades will change the world. According to Gartner, the consulting firm, in 2016 The total value of the world market of Cloud services will amount to 131 billion $. If we add, except for the above two information, the global trend of the data migration, computational power and software from stationary and mobile equipment to Cloud, we can be sure that we live in the era of Clouds. Not being conscious of that we often take advantage of Cloud services through placing photos in Flickr, or collecting music in Deezer, storing books in iBook, mail in Gmail, or the content of the electronic archive in Dropbox. All these and similar services provide remote, shared, synchronized access to our data, favorite applications and computational power. Paraphrasing words of Gordon Gekko, from his film: ownership is not the most important thing, but access. So, When it comes to access... "The Clouds Economy" is a publication of the manual - guide character providing... access to unique knowledge and information about Cloud Computing. The book is one of the most synthetic compendia concerning the concept of Cloud Computing in a broad and comprehensive way from both the individual and business user's perspective. "The Clouds Economy" discovers the complex world of the future market in which we participate today. It is a compass of knowledge and information orienting a user in the possibilities of Cloud services. The publication answers key questions: why and how should we take advantage of Cloud Computing? The description of the CC market development, the CC influence on industries and sectors, making the complex system of CC services much clearer, chances and threats of CC, a lot of examples and advice concerning applications, references to provide

Author Biography

Matt Mayevsky, a transformation futurist and author, particularly involved in the field of strategic foresight at the micro (enterprise architecture) and macro (reshaping of the market, the transformation of the system) level. The aim of his research is to discover the formulas of shaping the change, as well as the diagnosis of the importance and power of influence of probable events in the scenario analysis. In his works, he also deals with the identification of multi-dimensional effects caused by planned, strategic decisions in the 4P dimension (plausible, probable, preferable, possible). The author of non-fiction books, including "Cyfrowa przestrzen biznesowa" (Polish Scientific Publishers PWN) and "The Clouds Economy" (Chiron Academic Press - Sweden). In addition, as a SF writer, he has published, among others, cyber romance "The Man Who Wanted to Understand Women" and an urban fantasy novel "Animal eFiction".