# Cloud computing

`kaal:entity:cloud-computing`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `cloud-computing`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

3 claims across 2 works, 2021 to 2021.

**2021**

- [3782198-022](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782198-022) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Existing decentralized filesharing networks cannot guarantee the availability of unpopular files such as personal files, whereas centralized cloud services guarantee availability for a fee.
  > One problem with most existing decentralized filesharing networks is that unpop- ular files (such as your personal files) are not guaranteed to be available, unlike cen- tralized cloud computing services which guarantee availability for a fee.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Contemporary Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782198
- [3808859-035](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808859-035) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Cloud computing increased connectivity but simultaneously produced monolithic, siloed applications built for a single business, department, or role, and that fragmentation of data and content now impairs collaboration as well as the search, organization, and discovery of content.
  > Cloud computing has significantly increased connectivity in society and business but at the same time contributed to the creation of monolithic applications that solve a very specific problem for a specific business / department / role.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808859
- [3808859-036](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808859-036) [mechanism/argued] -- Cloud computing is the enabling substrate for decentralized solutions rather than their competitor, because it has already established that applications can talk to each other, an integration that decentralized networks will extend.
  > Cloud computing enables future decentralized solutions because it already allows applications to talk to each other.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808859

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