The personal cloud will gradually replace the PC as individuals store personal content and access services from any device. A personal cloud provides access to files, photos, notes and other content from multiple devices. It allows individuals to define what data they store and share, what apps they use, and who can access their data and apps. Personal clouds connect to networks and access services to share data and messages with other personal clouds. By 2014, the personal cloud will become the primary way individuals access their digital content and services, replacing the PC.

1. Personal Cloud
Assoc.Prof. Dr. Thanachart Numnonda
Director
Software Park Thailand
19 December 2012
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2. Gartner Technology Trends 2013
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3. Personal Cloud
Personal cloud will gradually replace the PC as
the location where individuals keep their personal
content, access their services and personal
preferences and center their digital lives.
The unique collection of services, Web
destinations and connectivity that will become the
home of their computing and communication
activities.
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4. Hybrid IT and Cloud Computing
Cloud will increasingly be hybrid, managed, and
brokered.
Taking private clouds and building a management
platform for them, and then using that to manage
both internal and external services.
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6. Personal Cloud : Replacing PC
The era of the personal cloud.
The specifics of devices will become less
important for the organization to worry about.
Users will use a collection of devices, with the PC
remaining one of many options, but no one
device will be the primary hub.
Access to the cloud and the content stored or
shared in the cloud will be managed and secured,
rather than solely focusing on the device itself.
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Source :Gartner

7. Public/Personal Clouds
refers to consumer-oriented cloud services, such
as Box.net, Dropbox, iCloud, and Evernote,
targeted at individual users.
provides simple services, such as file, picture,
notes, and content sharing, between devices.
Most users who sync files between two or more
devices and computers find huge value in these
services
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Source :Get ready for the personal cloud

8. Public Personal Cloud
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9. Google Calendar
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10. Dropbox
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11. Picasa
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12. Private Personal Cloud
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13. Personal Cloud
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Source :http://personal-clouds.org/

14. Personal Cloud : Data
You decide which data to store, which to delete or
modify. While your data is accessible over the
network, nobody can access or use your data
without your permission. You decide which data
you share with whom and when to revoke that
privilege.
PC: You decide which data to store, which to
delete or modify. You decide which data you
copy, print out, or e-mail to whom.
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Source :http://personal-clouds.org/

15. Personal Cloud : Apps
You decide which apps from which vendors you
use with your data.
PC: You decide which apps from which vendors
to install, use or uninstall. You decide which apps
to use with which data.
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16. Personal Cloud : Terms
You define your own terms of service for anybody
interacting with the data or the apps on your
personal cloud. You can easily move your
personal cloud to a competing hosting vendor if
you so desire.
PC: You decide when to turn your computer on
and off. Nobody can use your computer, your
data or your apps, unless you let them. You can
easily exchange one vendor's hardware with
another's if you so desire..
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Source :http://personal-clouds.org/

17. Personal Cloud : Peripherals
The set of personal devices that are "hooked up"
via the personal cloud, i.e., registered with and
permissioned to use the personal cloud (e.g.,
laptop, smartphone, smartTV, smartcar, life
tracking device, blood pressure monitor etc.).
PC: The set of devices that are "hooked up" to
the PC in order to input and output data (e.g.,
keyboard, mouse, microphone, printer, scanner,
etc.).
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Source :http://personal-clouds.org/

18. Personal Cloud : Network(s)
What the personal cloud is connected to in order
to communicate with other personal clouds and
servers to exchange messages and share data.
This is not just the Internet, but will include one or
more trusted data interchange networks designed
expressly for personal cloud connections..
PC: What the PC is connected to in order to
communicate with other PCs and servers to
exchange messages and share data. For most
PCs, this is a local network connected to the
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Source :http://personal-clouds.org/

19. Personal Cloud : Services
Services accessed over a network. These
services are typically closed systems accessed
through an API. Personal Clouds connect
voluntarily to services..
PC: Services accessed over a network. These
services were typically of the MainFrame variety.
Computers connect voluntarily to services..
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20. Megatrend No. 1: Consumerization
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet.
Users are more technologically savvy and have
very different expectations of technology.
The Internet and social media have empowered
and emboldened users.
The rise of powerful, affordable mobile devices
changes the equation for users.
Users have become innovators.
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Source :Gartner

21. Megatrend No. 2: Virtualization
Changing How the Game Is Played.
Virtualization has, to some extent, freed
applications from the peculiarities of individual
devices, operating systems or even processor
architectures.
This provides low-power devices access to much-
greater processing power.
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Source :Gartner

22. Megatrend No. 3: App-ification
From Applications to Apps.
the way that applications are designed, delivered
and consumed by users changes.
raise the prospect of greater cross-platform
portability.
One application can now be exposed in multiple
ways and used in varying situations by the user.
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Source :Gartner

23. Megatrend No. 4:
The Ever-Available Self-Service Cloud
Every user can now have a scalable and nearly
infinite set of resources available for whatever
they need to do.
Users can now store their virtual workspace or
digital personality online.
Users demand to make their own choices about
applications, services and content, selecting from
a nearly limitless collection on the Internet.
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Source :Gartner

24. Megatrend No. 5: The Mobility Shift
Wherever and Whenever You Want.
Today, mobile devices combined with the cloud
can fulfill most computing tasks, and any
tradeoffs are outweighed in the minds of the user
by the convenience and flexibility provided by the
mobile devices.
Touch- and gesture-based user experiences,
coupled with speech and contextual awareness,
are enabling rich interaction with devices and a
much greater level of freedom.
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Source :Gartner

25. Consumers spend over $2 trillion a year on
content, devices and services,
and the emergence of personal clouds reflects
their desire to access content
on any device without
complications or restrictions.
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Source :Gartner

26. By 2014,
the personal cloud will replace
the personal compute.
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Source :Gartner

27. www.thanachart.org
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28. Thank you
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