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    Space, Time, and Cloud: The Emerging Consumer Tech Reality
    Space, Time, and Cloud: The Emerging Consumer Tech Reality
    Space, Time, and Cloud: The Emerging Consumer Tech Reality
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    Space, Time, and Cloud: The Emerging Consumer Tech Reality

    By Pyrus Elwood

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    Pyrus Elwood is an experienced information technology professional, having worked in both academia (PhD, University of Illinois) and industry (Bytemobile, now a part of Citrix). His wide-ranging interests include modern web and mobile development, as well as cloud computing and big data.

    In this short book, Elwood takes that front-line know-how and explains the emerging consumer tech reality. He goes beyond the shiny sexy gadgets, distills the hype of big data presently dominating the news cycle, and elucidates the trends in research and industry that are driving the new Cloud reality. Blending just the right mix of current tangible tech offerings and solid engineering research, Elwood masterfully paints a future of rich and immersive life experiences for everyday folks, whereby the jarring computer interfaces of old disappear behind the scenes. And just as tech consumers are absorbed in the Cloud, you will also be caught up in Elwood's exposition, continuously moving forward in your ebook reader. Elwood draws out the salient ideas in this fast-paced book, allowing you finish it in just two or three sittings.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPyrus Elwood
    Release dateMay 27, 2013
    ISBN9781301500765
    Space, Time, and Cloud: The Emerging Consumer Tech Reality
    Author

    Pyrus Elwood

    Pyrus Elwood is an experienced information technology professional, a researcher, and an author. His wide-ranging interests include modern web and mobile development, as well as cloud computing and big data. He enjoys taking complicated issues, struggling with their nuances, and then finally wrestling the constituent components apart. This enables Elwood to present timely and impactful issues to readers in an easy-to-digest, but still thought-provoking manner. As a researcher, Elwood has worked both in academia (PhD, University of Illinois) and in industry (Bytemobile, now a part of Citrix), doing research in RFID/NFC systems, mobile HCI, and rich media streaming optimization. He currently works in consulting for enterprise clients.

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