What is it about “the cloud” that has people, well, getting their heads up in the clouds over it? Almost no other IT innovation in recent memory has engendered this much enthusiasm — and furor, and confusion, and outright misunderstanding.
The cloud isn’t exclusively a cure-all or a calamity in progress; neither is it a savior or sinner. It’s a new tool for solving emergent problems, and like every new hammer in someone’s hands it can make everything look like a nail.
In this piece we’ll examine many of the current myths — good, bad, and bogus — about cloud computing. Many are borne by simple ignorance or inexperience. Others are legitimate criticisms in the guise of gripes. And some are entirely too on target, and need to be nipped in the bud by prospective cloud-creators before they get bitten by them
http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/hosted/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221601431
Amazon, Google, Microsoft and others are investing aggressively in the cloud, even as critics point to security, reliability, and compatibility issues. We cut through the fog.
What is it about “the cloud” that has people, well, getting their heads up in the clouds over it? Almost no other IT innovation in recent memory has engendered this much enthusiasm — and furor, and confusion, and outright misunderstanding.
The cloud isn’t exclusively a cure-all or a calamity in progress; neither is it a savior or sinner. It’s a new tool for solving emergent problems, and like every new hammer in someone’s hands it can make everything look like a nail.
In this piece we’ll examine many of the current myths — good, bad, and bogus — about cloud computing. Many are borne by simple ignorance or inexperience. Others are legitimate criticisms in the guise of gripes. And some are entirely too on target, and need to be nipped in the bud by prospective cloud-creators before they get bitten by them
http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/hosted/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221601431
Amazon, Google, Microsoft and others are investing aggressively in the cloud, even as critics point to security, reliability, and compatibility issues. We cut through the fog.
