The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google
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Hailed as "the most influential book so far on the cloud computing movement" ( Christian Science Monitor ), The Big Switch makes a simple and profound statement: Computing is turning into a utility, and the effects of this transition will ultimately change society as completely as the advent of cheap electricity did. In a new chapter for this edition that brings the story up-to-date, Nicholas Carr revisits the dramatic new world being conjured from the circuits of the "World Wide Computer."
Author: Nicholas Carr
Format: Hardback, 224 pages, 163mm x 244mm, 552 g
Published: 2008, WW Norton & Co, United States
Genre: Popular Science
Description
Hailed as "the most influential book so far on the cloud computing movement" ( Christian Science Monitor ), The Big Switch makes a simple and profound statement: Computing is turning into a utility, and the effects of this transition will ultimately change society as completely as the advent of cheap electricity did. In a new chapter for this edition that brings the story up-to-date, Nicholas Carr revisits the dramatic new world being conjured from the circuits of the "World Wide Computer."
The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google