The Internet world evolves at a breakneck pace that makes it very difficult for competitors to keep up costing them millions and the often demanding the use of business loans to keep up. Apple is one of the leaders of this movement as they have come up with an original and complex line of hardware that is very popular and is slowing taking over. With the release of the iPad 2, Apple is setting themselves up to take over. Now that they have multiple types of devices including the iPhone, iPad and their ever-popular Mac computers, Apple has unveiled iCloud, which allows you to store information of all types in the “cloud” and access them from your devices. This allows you to stream your music collection on the go or access pictures or files without having to be tethered to your home computer. It is a revolution that was first rolled out by Amazon. Their cloud allows you to share in a similar way, but they do not do hardware, so it is smaller overall proposition. Cloud computing has been the topic of technical discussions for quite some time now, but companies are finally rolling out their versions and they are all scrambling to keep up, which can be very difficult for some.

Google is one of the latest to go to the cloud. They believe that a computer should have always on access to the web and they have released a web-only laptop that allows you to work in the cloud. Google has their own set of tools that can be used in the cloud, Google Docs and Gmail, which are two of the well-received tools that millions of users are already using. This makes the transition that much easier for all of their clients, but causes other companies fits as many are flocking to cloud computing and leaving old technologies behind. Microsoft had been the leader in many areas until a few years ago. Their Windows operating system is still the most used, but others are starting to get more attention. Their Office suite was very popular, but also very expensive compared to the relatively inexpensive Google tools that basically do the same thing. In a bold move, Microsoft has announced that they have taken their popular Office suite to the cloud, which is a welcome change from a more traditional company.

Google is not as worried as one would think. Although more people use Microsoft Office than any Google tools, Google feels that they are at the top of their game and just need to start to convert users to the idea that cloud computing is the future. Microsoft will charge users anywhere between $2 and $27 a month for their services while Google charges a flat-fee of $50 a year to use all of their tools. We will see an all out-war here in the very near future and you never know who will come out the victor in all of this. While Apple has the entertainment aspect locked down, we will see who can take over the business world.