The history of the evolution of the cloud is shown in the following figure:
Figure 2.1: Cloud evolution
Image source: https://mycloudblog7.wordpress.com/2015/05/29/the-evolution-to-cloud-computing-how-did-we-get-here
The following table describes how cloud computing has evolved over a period of time:
Year | Event |
1950 | Mainframe, dumb terminals |
1970 | Virtual machines (VMs) |
1990 | Virtual Private Network (VPN) |
1997 | Cloud defined by Ramnath Chellappa |
1999 | |
2000 | Amazon's modernized data centers |
2000 | Google Docs service |
2006 | Launch of AWS Services |
2008 | Launch of Google app engine |
2010 | Launch of Microsoft Azure |
The evolution of the cloud started in the 1950s and concepts such as service-oriented architecture, virtualization, and autonomic and utility computing are the stepping stones of today's cloud computing:
- In the 1950s, mainframe computers were shared among various users through dumb terminals to save costs and enable the efficient use of resources.
- In the...