India recently overtook the UK to become the fifth largest economy in the world, and Canonical Sales Director Karmendra Trivedi believes that cloud technology can contribute to innovation and drive the Indian economy. Trivedi has mapped the direct and indirect impacts of cloud technology on the Indian economy, with the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) projecting that cloud will contribute to the Indian economy by 2020. Trivedi highlights four factors that he believes will be impacted by cloud computing: GDP, employment, innovation and entrepreneurship, and technological progress. Cloud computing is the linchpin of the digital revolution, enabling data to be stored, processed and managed in a virtual reality full of untapped possibilities.