Google is trying to build a Wi-Fi network that will be managed through cloud-computing technologies.
According to a reports Google has partnered with Ruckus Wireless to create a cloud-based WiFi network for small and medium size companies. The network can launch as early as “this summer”.
In effect Google and Ruckus are building a Wi-Fi infrastructure that will allow any small installation – like a pizza shop or a dentist’s office – to join the network and connect to hundreds or even hundreds of thousands other small businesses to offer people a universal Wi-Fi zone. The businesses will have to buy their own Wi-Fi gear – probably made by Ruckus – and bandwidth to connect to the Google’s network. But once they are connected, the Wi-Fi access on their network would be remotely controlled by Google’s cloud service.
