The Era Of The Personal Cloud: What Does It Mean For Cloud Providers?

With the evident Cloud technologies’ domination of computing market, new demand conditions are materializing. A game changer in the last few years is the increase in the personal use of Cloud services, so much so that the next era is being dubbed the era of the personal Cloud. Advantages for clients are clear, and hence, the surge in client adoption rates is imperative. The personal Cloud combines all the connected devices (things), controlled by or servicing a single user or a house hold, to form a conceptual border around these elements within the Internet of Things (IoT) universe. This primarily affects Cloud/Internet of Things service providers as it is their Cloud resources that all of this load eventually flows into. Providers need enhanced vision of what needs to change in terms of how they handle Cloud management in general.