With such tools as HTML5 and web services making mobile apps connected to cloud platforms a reality, B2C-facing applications still are the most frequently developed mobile apps. But why is the cloud such an important component? Look at Apple's iCloud… this offers users the ability to move to a network computing model -- with the iPad and iPhone being so-called "thin clients." The "fat" part of the workload is at the core of the computer network paradigm (in this case, Apple's big honkin' data center).
Here's a quote from this BusinessDay article, "Bandwidth is an important factor in utilising cloud services effectively… Most decision makers are, as a result, weighing up the benefits of cloud-based services," Mr Reed says. And research firm Gartner points to cloud computing as the potential for a broad, long-term impact in most industries.
Manufacturers such as computer hardware and consumer electronics firms, are most likely to deploy applications to the cloud (according to a Forrester study), although services firms are also aggressive adopters. Developers at health care companies are lagging in use the cloud, at the moment.
Amazon Web Services has launched a pair of cloud software development kits (SDKs) for Google Android and iOS that the company said will make it easier for developers to build mobile applications and services that leverage AWS cloud services. This is good for government, a growing consumer of Cloud services.
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