Keynote 2

A principal aspiration of cloud computing is to create an Internet-based platform that facilitates the development of Web-scale services. By presenting this platform and infrastructure (including datacenters) as a service for developers, together with cloud-based software and data as a service for users, cloud computing promises to "level the playing field" such that small start-up ventures can directly compete with more established Internet companies. In this talk, I will share my thoughts on how this emerging trend could change the landscape of the Internet as we know it, and discuss the opportunities and technical challenges it raises from the perspective of Web data management.