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The Advent of Frictionless Cloud Computing
The end goal of the modern cloud is frictionless cloud computing. Frictionless cloud computing is platform agnostic, mobile friendly, and transparent. Recent developments in technology, evolution of developmental philosophies, and the proliferation of low-cost, high-performance devices have brought it within reach. This combination of factors will enable the cloud to transcend the current limitations of curreny monolithic cloud offerings which exists today.
The factors shaping the quest for frictionless and mobile cloud computing can be split into both technological and cultural. The technological factors require a cultural shift in order to be practical, while the cultural factors manifest from the adoption of newer technology. Streaming may have been technologically feasible in the era of dial-up, but it made no sense due to the lack of bandwidth. As internet access got cheaper and faster, things which wasted bandwidth became more acceptable.
The growth of XaaS (Anything as a Service), containerization and microservices, and edge computing have enabled the tech behind the goal of a frictionless cloud, but the cultural shift towards BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), mobile workspaces, and risk aversion have made these technologies more acceptable and practical. Technology provides the means, and culture provides the way forward.
