Ittestifies to the power of cloudcomputing-the serving-upofsoftwareandinformationfrombig, distant datacentersrather than from a computer's ownhard drive.
In his latest book, tech pundit Nicholas Carr put a name on a trend that's transforming information technology: As the world becomes more networked, he points out, computingpower is undergoing "the Big Switch, " moving off of desktops and into massive data centers, where it's cheaper and more efficient.