As the global rollout of 5G begins, the long anticipated reinvention of cloud computing and its influence on emerging technologies is already underway.

5G, with its promised high-speed, low-latency performance, is finally here and with it a plethora of intriguing cloud computing developments loom. It is a near-future tech boon that is impossible to overstate as 5G’s impact on the ability to create, store, use, and share data will be felt across most business sectors, especially those using the Internet of Things (IoT), AI, and machine learning. Already redefining business networks, 5G will also shift the role that cloud computing and networks play in storing, moving, and accessing data as innovation drives and creates more technological applications for digital business transformation.

Redefining the Function of the Cloud

Over the past ten years, cloud computing has been an integral part of maintaining healthy IT infrastructures as businesses demand better, quicker collaboration and productivity from their distributed workforce. Increasingly safer and scalable, the cloud has been a remarkable workaround for universally slow network speeds — allowing the easy transfer and sharing of large files between devices while also providing backup and recovery services to safeguard that data in case of a cybersecurity attack or natural disaster.

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