  The goal of this study is to explore emerging trends in cloud computing
technology that can support an economic and social change. We apply the methods
of entity linking, which links word strings to entities from a knowledge base,
to extract main keywords in cloud computing from accumulated publications from
2004 to 2021. Results suggest that in cloud computing research, Internet of
things has an accelerated technological and scientific growth compared to the
other topics. Other critical research fields that support the evolution of
cloud computing are mathematical optimization and virtual machine. These
findings reveal a technological competition between Cloud systems
infrastructure, hardware development side, and computing and software
development to play the main role in technological evolution of Cloud
Computing. Moreover, this study shows that technological development of virtual
machines and computing device can be of critical importance to foster an
economic and technological change in many sectors. However, the implementation
of cloud computing has to be supported by skill development, organizational
change, and adopter engagement, to foster the management and the diffusion of
cloud technologies and the exploitation of cloud-based infrastructures for
competitive advantage of firms in fast-changing markets. This study can provide
main information to extend the knowledge having theoretical implications to
explain characteristics of the evolution of science and technology in this
field of research and practical implications of innovation management for the
appropriate allocation of resources towards new technological trajectories in
cloud computing having a potential of growth and beneficial impact in society.
