The cloud has evolved through multiple phases. When you think about it, you would think that the idea started in the 21st century. However, that is not exactly the entire truth. In fact, the concept of the cloud has existed for many decades. Let us take you back in time and find out the 3 greatest moments in the history of the cloud.

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The 3 Greatest Moments in
the History of the Cloud
The cloud has evolved through multiple phases. When you
think about it, you would think that the idea started in the
21st century. However, that is not exactly the entire truth. In
fact, the concept of the cloud has existed for many decades.
Let us take you back in time and find out the 3 greatest
moments in the history of the cloud.
Formulating the Concept
This intergalactic computer network was started by J.C.R.
Licklider. He enabled the Advanced Research Projects
Agency Network (ARPANET) in 1969. He envisioned
everyone around the world to be interconnected, accessing
data and programs anywhere and anytime – sounds a lot
like what we call as cloud computing nowadays. Others
attribute it to John McCarthy, who proposed the idea being
delivered as a public utility.
Arrival of Salesforce.com and Amazon.com
This is another great moment in the history of the cloud. In
1999, Salesforce.com pioneered the concept of delivering
business applications through a website, which paved way
for the delivery of applications over the internet by
mainstream and specialist software firms. By 2002, Amazon
provided a suite of cloud-based services through the
Amazon Mechanical Turk. And in 2006, it launched the
Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), which allows small businesses
to rent computers to run their own applications.
The Dawn of Browser-based Enterprise Applications
These killer apps are probably the most important
contribution to the cloud. They are introduced by Google and
Microsoft to deliver services in a reliable and easy-to-
consume way. They paved the way for the acceptance of
online services. The use of universal software interoperability
standards, the maturation of virtualization technology and the
development of universal high-speed bandwidth also enable
the cloud to evolve.
Appterra is one of the leading providers of cloud integration
and supply chain integration solutions. Supporting over
20,000 companies in 2014, it has catered to the
collaboration and integration needs of companies all around
the world. While many companies look to maintain
applications in data centers, Appterra is moving to the cloud.