There's a name for this: cloud computing. Or less poetically, utility computing, or even the unfortunate acronym HaaS, meaning hardware as a service. Whatever it's called, Jeff Bezos is loving it.

It starts with the premise that the data services and architecture should be on servers. We call it cloud computing — they should be in a "cloud" somewhere. And that if you have the right kind of browser or the right kind of access, it doesn't matter whether you have a PC or a Mac or a mobile phone or a BlackBerry or what have you — or new devices still to be developed — you can get access to the cloud.

Today's Objectives:

Present to the CST the importance of and the evolution towards "cloud computing"