C L O U D C O M P U T I N G A N D T H E F U T U R E O F

“ I D E N T I T Y ”

S O M E T H I N G C O O L

B Y M A C K E N Z I E B E E R

T H I S I S T H E

C L O U D

R I G H T N O W

H O W W E U S E I TINDIVIDUALS

• Email• Photo sharing• Farmville• Twitter• Software

ORGANIZATIONS

• Store data• Contract

services out

GOVERNMENTS

• Store data• Communicate

S E R V I C E S

SOFTWARE (SaaS)Using applications

PLATFORM (PaaS)Programming tools

INFRASTRUCTURE (IaaS)storage/networks

T Y P E S

PRIVATE

COMMUNITY

PUBLIC

HYBRID

I T ’ S C H A N G I N G

O U R W O R L D

T H E W A Y W E V I E W D A T A

Accessibility

IT’S CHANGING…

Cost Space

C O N N E C T I O N I S N ’ T B A S E D O N P L A C E

Investment

AND NOW…

Collaboration Outpost

SO…

I D E N T I T Y I S N ’ T B A S E D O N P L A C E

DEGREES OF SEPARATION ARE MEASURED BETWEEN

2 NODES IN A

SOCIAL NETWORK

2 POINTS ON

EARTH VS

W H E N G O O D S C A N ’ T B E D I G I T I Z E D

O U R I N T E R F A C E T O T H E M W I L L B E

SO WHAT ABOUT THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE US THOSE GOODS?

B O U N D A R I E S T H A T G O V E R N H O W W E D E F I N E “ I D E N T I T Y ” W I L L B L U R

CITIZEN

CITY

STATE

NATION

STATE

WORLD

CORPORATION

NATION

T H E F U T U R E :

C O N V E R S I O N

STATE BECOMES CLOUD-BASED PLATFORM

OR

CLOUD-BASED PLATFORM TAKES ON PRACTICAL FORMS OF

SOVERINTY

People assemble/connect in ways to better serve

needs/wants

OR

Totalitarian “Cloud Feudalism”

T H E P R O B L E M

I S N ’ T T E C H - B A S E D

I T ’ S P E O P L E - B A S E D

1. SECURITY

2. REGULATION

3. BANDWIDTH

CITIZENS OR COMPANIES

STATE

STATEOR COMPANIES

CITIZENS

CITIZENS OR STATE

COMPANIES

M O V E A W A Y F R O M

CLOUDVS

EARTH

PLATFORM VS

PERSON

C R E A T E S T R U C T U R E S

T H A T H E L P U S N A V I G A T E B E T W E E N T H E M

OR

S O U R C E S / F U R T H E R R E A D I N Ghttp://thoughtsoncloud.com/2014/05/future-cloud-computing-5-predictions/

http://www.slideshare.net/mjskok/2014-future-of-cloud-computing-4th-annual-survey-results

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/8449/20140615/cloud-computing-is-the-future-but-not-if-security-problems-persist.htm

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304908304579566662320279406

http://mthvn.tumblr.com/post/38098461078/thecloudthestateandthestack

http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2013/scratch-two-released-0514

http://airccse.org/journal/ijwest/papers/0101w1

http://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/ibm-cloud/how-use-cloud-better-more-efficient-healthcare/72/

http://m.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/07/the-end-of-the-internet/372301/

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/05/the-right-way-to-make-cities-smart/370900/

http://pando.com/2013/10/03/marc-andreessen-the-world-is-going-to-see-an-explosion-of-countries-in-the-years-ahead /

http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/15/4334356/larry-page-wants-to-set-aside-a-part-of-the-world-for-experimentation

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/08/google-reveals-it-has-a-fleet-of-drones-too.html

https://civic.mit.edu/blog/alexishope/monitorial-citizenship-projects-and-tools

http://www.wired.com/2013/11/software-is-reorganizing-the-world-and-cloud-formations-could-lead-to-physical-nations /

http://www.orgnet.com/sna.html