The big switch : rewiring the world, from Edison to Google

Author(s)

• Carr, Nicholas G.

Bibliographic Information

The big switch : rewiring the world, from Edison to Google

Nicholas Carr

W.W. Norton, c2013

• : pbk

Other Title

The big switch : rewiring the world, from Edison to Google : the definitive guide to the cloud computing revolution

Note

"With a new afterword"--Cover

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Hailed as "the most influential book so far on the cloud computing movement" (Christian Science Monitor), The Big Switch makes a simple and profound statement: Computing is turning into a utility, and the effects of this transition will ultimately change society as completely as the advent of cheap electricity did. In a new chapter for this edition that brings the story up-to-date, Nicholas Carr revisits the dramatic new world being conjured from the circuits of the "World Wide Computer."

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BB12861360
• ISBN:
  • 9780393345223
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: 294 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • DC22 : 303.4834
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Computers and civilization
  • LCSH : Information technology -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Technological innovations
  • LCSH : Internet