A History of the Future:

How We Got Here

By Behan Venter, CTO, Hudson Cloud Systems

Our journey to the cloud didn't begin with Azure or AWS—it started decades ago, in a room-sized mainframe humming away behind locked doors. Those early systems taught us the value of centralized computing: one secure environment, shared across users, designed to just work. But over time, we swung the pendulum too far in the other direction. PCs brought freedom and personalization, but at a cost: chaos, complexity, and a thousand points of failure. Somewhere in between was the answer we were searching for. The thread that connects it all? A desire for simplicity without sacrifice, and agility without instability.

Why the Cloud Works—Now

What Citrix hinted at, modern cloud platforms finally deliver. With Azure Virtual Desktop, we've kept the best ideas from each era—centralized control, instant scaling, security by design—and paired them with something previous generations never had: seamless experience. Today, desktops can follow you anywhere, spin up GPU power on demand, shut down when idle, and adapt to real-world needs. There's no compromise between control and usability anymore—we finally get both. It's a return to centralization, but with the flexibility and performance that users actually need to thrive.

The Hudson Way Forward

At Hudson Cloud Systems, we've turned that evolution into execution. Our Cloud Portal brings mainframe reliability, PC familiarity, and cloud flexibility together in one desktop. It's not tied to a machine—your workspace is wherever you are, secure, consistent, and ready with a simple tap of a card. We've simplified the complicated, so schools and clinics can move faster, with less IT burden and more time focused on care. We believe your technology should be invisible when it needs to be, and powerful when it counts. That's what our customers experience every day, from anywhere—instantly.