XaaS = Anything as-a-Service (some refer to it as "everything-as-a-Service"). The term is not new; it’s just that it is tangible today. Like a movie trailer that is released far ahead of the movie, XaaS has been talked about for years. I even found reference to XaaS from 2008, long before much of anything was in the cloud. The reality is that just about anything today can be done in the cloud. Just take a look, says Networkworld: More...

The modern PC turned 30 years old this year. That is a long life for any technology (with the exception of Ethernet). The personal computer has come a long way and permanently transformed business processes .  Yet, says one of the creators of the original PC, “the PC is going the way of the vacuum tube, typewriter, vinyl records, CRT, and incandescent light bulbs." That seems hard to believe today, but it may not be so far-fetched in the future. More...