Half a dozen random cloud thoughts on a hot and cloudless Saturday morning in Illinois
1. Mobile will end the bleeding in the media industry, as apps rather than advertising drive revenue. Online ads will be dead within five years.
2. “Cloud crash” has already replaced “computer error” as the catch-all explanation for human screw-ups. It will grow in popularity as local governments and businesses make their inevitable, yet painful move to cloud computing.
3. Amazon joins cigarette and fast-food companies as being able to blame customers for problems legitimately. But in Amazon’s case, the problem is customers don’t buy enough, rather than too much.
4. Tired of “SEO Gurus?” Well, brace yourself for the great transmogrification to “Mobile SEO Gurus.’ MoSeRoos.
5. VMware and its open-source competitors have not begun to fight. Prepare for the Gigantic Cloud Clusterfail in 2014 when organizations realize they’ve got more on-site spaghetti than ever.
6. Windows 8 will be the biggest news in mobility next year, if it makes big deals with the carriers. Can it do so in an era when it can no longer be a monopolistic bully?