In the brave era of cloud computing, software is sold on a subscription basis and delivered on-demand over the Web.

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As long as they're using an iPad running iOS 6, note takers yearning for the flexibility of a pad and paper in an era of cloud syncing and tablets can give Penultimate a try at the source link.

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In addition, Hadoop is growing up and evolving in an era in which cloud computing has accelerated the time to market and provided a way to outsource operational expertise.

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That could hurt Microsoft as many companies refashion themselves for the era of "cloud" computing, a Google-backed approach in which software is easily accessed online and sold as a subscription product, rather than installed on companies' computers.

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In an era of consumerized IT and packaged software solutions, increasingly delivered as a service from the cloud, it is tempting to think that vendors can be a good source for your IT strategy, relegating the CTO role to a sideshow.

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While many consider that we are already in a post-PC era due to tablets, the biggest change will be shifting computing increasingly to the Cloud.

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