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3. Social, Economic and Political Aspects of the Cloud

Authors : Richard Hill, Laurie Hirsch, Peter Lake, Siavash Moshiri

Published in: Guide to Cloud Computing

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That technology can make enormous changes to human society is not in doubt. Where would we be without the invention of the wheel? But deep-seated changes have also happened as a result of advances in computing.

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Title: Social, Economic and Political Aspects of the Cloud
Authors: Richard Hill
Laurie Hirsch
Peter Lake
Siavash Moshiri
Publisher: Springer London
Book: Guide to Cloud Computing
Print ISBN: 978-1-4471-4602-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4471-4603-2

Copyright Year: 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4603-2_3

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