BANFF 2008: Distribution in the cloud

BANFF – Remember back when many students had to share one computer in the school computer lab? That soon evolved into just about one computer for every person. And the future will see one person having access to a multitude of computers. At least that’s what Schematic chief strategy officer Kurt David Kratchman and Amazon.com senior web services evangelist Jeff Barr predicted at a panel on digital distribution for the next generation on Saturday at the NextMEDIA conference. Amazon.com is a pioneer in cloud computing. In other words, the company allows other people to tap into its vast hardware network...