Increasing popularity of Amazons elastic computing cloud, recent launch of Google Docs offline platform developed on Google Gears and leveraging cloud computing is generating lot of interest in this space.
Cloud computing is a subset of grid computing that includes utility computing and other approaches to the use of shared computing resources. Cloud computing is an alternative to having local servers or personal devices handling users' applications.
Once cloud computing approach start maturing, we can see lot of opportunities coming up in offline data access and Rich Internet applications (RIA) platforms. Adobe AIR, Google Gears, Gears based Dojo Toolkit , Virtualization along with Platform as a services(PaaS) are the technologies worth watching.
Swedish startup Xcerion providing Operating System as a Service( Internet OS) platform based on cloud computing is generating lot of buzz in this area.
