Cloud platforms

## serverless computing - [Why the fuss about serverless?](https://hackernoon.com/why-the-fuss-about-serverless-4370b1596da0#.3617sit5u)

[Understanding Abundance, part 3: The Next Big Thing](https://knowen.org/nodes/26404)

a16z [Aggregation is the New Virtualization: How Microservices Are Taming Distributed Computing](https://a16z.com/2015/04/08/aggregation-is-the-new-virtualization-how-microservices-are-taming-distributed-computing/)

## Edge computing

2016 [The End of Cloud Computing](https://a16z.com/2016/12/16/the-end-of-cloud-computing/) by Peter Levine


## cloud vs [hardware-software chain](https://knowen.org/nodes/24742)

[important product - AWS Outposts](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/2618/Fwd%2BThe%2Bbiggest%2Bthing%2Bto%2Bcome%2Bout%2Bof%2BAWS%2BreInvent.htm)

[Amazon launches machine learning chip, taking on Nvidia, Intel](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-nvidia/amazon-launches-machine-learning-chip-taking-on-nvidia-intel-idUSKCN1NX2PY) dec 2018

## the size and demand-side of the market

[Roundup Of Cloud Computing Forecasts And Market Estimates, 2018](https://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2018/09/23/roundup-of-cloud-computing-forecasts-and-market-estimates-2018/#7c666d7507b0) the size
[Digital And Demand-Side Economies Of Scale: It's All About Leverage](https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2016/12/07/digital-and-demand-side-economies-of-scale-its-all-about-leverage/#6f5bba484d9f)

## discussion

[Making the network the cloud](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/2890/Huawei_Making-the-network-the-cloud_FINAL_JUL-2018.pdf)
> How blockchain is pushing the cloud all the way to the edge
> Today, the combination of increased bandwidth, huge quantities of un-utilized and under-utilized compute and storage capacity and vastly improved IT application management tools may trigger another enormous transformation

[IBM’s Old Playbook](https://stratechery.com/2018/ibms-old-playbook/) by STRATECHERY after buying Red Hat October 29, 2018

[Here’s Why Amazon Is No Shoo-In To Win The $513B Global Cloud Market](https://www.cbinsights.com/research/amazon-google-microsoft-multi-cloud-strategies/)

- Microsoft strategy ... and expectation about the size of the market

[How Microsoft Is Beating Amazon, Google And Everyone Else In The Cloud: The Strategic Breakdown](https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobevans1/2018/09/17/how-1-microsoft-is-beating-amazon-google-and-everyone-else-in-the-cloud-the-strategic-breakdown/#21ef381095d4)

## the textbook

[The Cloud at Your Service](https://s3.amazonaws.com/knowen-production/big_attachments/41041072804abfeb2be7dbb38cbb6bf9/TheCloudatYourService.pdf)
The when, how, and why of enterprise cloud computing - Jothy Rosenberg Arthur Mateos


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