Advanced Web-based technologies now allow consumers to either keep files and functions on the desktop, or to buy those services from firms running computer servers elsewhere. Researchers featured on TAP explore the implications of these trends for pricing, competition, and security of content and services delivered and housed remotely.
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New research by Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom shows that while the uptake of cloud computing by new firms has slowed, companies are ramping up their spending on the technology.
June 21, 2019
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“Cloud computing” describes how computer-related services and software increasingly have been provided over the Internet and other networks since the late 1990s.
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"It’s a reminder that anything you put in the cloud – even things you think are gone after deleting them – can still be there." — Ryan Calo, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Washington
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This paper offers an overview of cloud computing technology and its economic implications.
December 31, 2010
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