The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, From Edison to Google - Couverture rigide

Carr, Nicholas

 
9780393062281: The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, From Edison to Google
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0393062287 ISBN 13 : 9780393062281
Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2008

Synopsis

A hundred years ago, companies stopped producing their own power with steam engines and generators and plugged into the newly built electric grid. The cheap power pumped out by electric utilities not only changed how businesses operated but also brought the modern world into existence. Today a similar revolution is under way. Companies are dismantling their private computer systems and tapping into rich services delivered over the Internet. This time it's computing that's turning into a utility. The shift is already remaking the computer industry, bringing new competitors like Google to the fore and threatening traditional stalwarts like Microsoft and Dell. But the effects will reach much further. Cheap computing will ultimately change society as profoundly as cheap electricity did. In this lucid and compelling book, Nicholas Carr weaves together history, economics, and technology to explain why computing is changing--and what it means for all of us.

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À propos de l?auteur

Nicholas Carr is the author of The Shallows, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and four other acclaimed books. A former executive editor of the Harvard Business Review, he writes for the Atlantic, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. He lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

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Éditeur
WW Norton & Co
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0393062287
ISBN 13 
9780393062281
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
224
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