The document discusses emerging new technologies related to cloud computing. It provides examples of major corporations investing in cloud computing and lists some of the top players. It also gives examples of common cloud-based services for email, documents, photos, videos, backup storage, banking, healthcare, and more. One case study describes how Animoto was able to scale its usage of Amazon's cloud services when demand suddenly increased. The document concludes by mentioning Apple's iCloud service and assigning students to research cloud computing players and technologies.