My career in the past five years has enabled me to see how work will evolve going into the 2nd decade of the 21st Century.

It’s enabled my company to make effective use of social networking and harness the creativity provided by Web 2 tools and real collaboration.

Now, I’ve been seeing how cloud is coming to the fore.

Why?

OK, so I started working for a company with global presence back in 1997.  When I started work, the computing equipment I had back at home was not only newer and in many respects better than the equipment I was given at work – it enabled me to meet my objectives more effectively.

This was not the case for my husband, who started work in 1987 – then the machines he used at work were far superior to anything he could afford at home.

This change is accelerating.  Machines like the iPad2 and Galaxy Tabs are great tools for enabling maintenance of social networks and consumption and creation of collateral.  Relatively, they are very cost effective and cheap and easy to use.

But switching between work and home was not trivial and often cumbersome.

My life would be much easier if I could run the corporate desktop on my personal equipment and use the tools I need from my personal equipment as I need them without digging another device from my bag.

And trialling such services is lovely – running IE8 on my android device is fantastic, getting to files and applications with one device is freeing.  Sharing the great camera and video capabilities without compromising either my hardware with an inappropriate build or risking the corporate network by allowing access to viruses or inappropriate material empowers me to achieve what I need to for my company while freeing up my time, as these virtualised desktops are quick.  The freedom is amazing.

Virtualisation is coming to the fore: this is one piece I want in my work tool kit.

All I can say now, is when can I have for my home network?