# Cloud Futurology

## TL;DR

This paper reviews the evolution of Cloud computing and explores future innovation opportunities across infrastructure, middleware, and application layers to advance the field.

## Contribution

It offers a historical overview and a researcher’s perspective on future innovations in Cloud computing infrastructure and services.

## Key findings

- Cloud has become essential for Internet applications.
- Future innovations can occur at multiple layers of the Cloud stack.
- The paper provides a strategic outlook for Cloud development.

## Abstract

The Cloud has become integral to most Internet-based applications and user gadgets. This article provides a brief history of the Cloud and presents a researcher's view of the prospects for innovating at the infrastructure, middleware, and application and delivery levels of the already crowded Cloud computing stack.