Google: Cloud on verge of major transformation

Something big is up in the cloud. Google’s Senior Vice President for Technical Infrastructure Urs Hölzle says in five years you will barely be able to recognize what today’s cloud looks like.+ MORE AT NETWORK WORLD: IDC’s state of the network at Interop: Change or be left behind | Hottest products from Interop 2015 +Google+ Here’s the example Hölzle gives: Think about what a “smart” phone looked like in 2007 before the first iPhone was released. Now, compare that to smartphones of today. Hölzle, who has helped the company build its Google Cloud Platform, says the cloud market is on the verge of a similar shift. “We’re very early on,” he says. “And this is a growth market.”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here