Amazon.com description: Product Description: This series demonstrates how certain technologies have evolved, transforming life at home, work and school; each volume focuses on a particular invention or device, enabling readers to learn about the device's development, how it works, and its impact.; This new title in the Technology 360 series talks about the evolution of Cloud Computing. The book describes the components of the cloud, how the cloud works, and how to evaluate a cloud service.; Full-color photographs, intriguing illustrations, visual timelines, and fascinating sidebars and fact boxes complement the text and hold reader interest, while ancillary materials such as bibliographies and a subject index help users target their research