The way I see it and anticipate the future I think cloud computing
will certainly
not replace existing IT infrastructure.
I have been living in really remote locations in TN and the Internet
connectivity and bandwidth are both pretty good.
And these days offices are becoming very different from the olden days.
We have distributed workforce and everything can be done remotely by
different people sitting in different timezones and different
countries.
And cloud computing is enabling this cultural shift in a big way.
It also means work from home in a sense.
Or even work from a remote resort if you prefer. Or even an island.
I don't think satellite Internet is in any way becoming prevalent in India.
I shall await BSNL to give me a plan with it. ;)
Cloud computing basically means accessing IT services like mail,
document work, corporate Intranet services like salary services, pay
slip views, accessing build environment, interacting with testers and
document writers etc. remotely.
It all neatly fits into e-mail for collaboration and different people
at different places.
Also skype video calls and desktop sharing play into this model.
-Girish
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