By Cloud Computing SpunjePublished: January 2, 2010Posted in: Apps, Business Intelligence, Case Studies & Tutorials, Cloud Solutions, Cloud Technologies, Opinions & ExplanationsTags: 
In a largely downbeat year, I couldn’t help but delight in Larry Ellison’s over-the-top takedown of cloud computing last September. It was classic Larry: In an onstage interview he asks why, exactly, computers attached to networks have suddenly become “the cloud.” “What are you talking about?” he yells over and over.
Fair question — and not just Ellison is asking it. The twelfth most popular InfoWorld article in 2009 was What cloud computing really means, a 900-word definition written by executive editor Galen Gruman and me 20 months ago. It’s difficult to recall any trend about which the basic question, “Now, what is it again?” was still being asked more than two years after it emerged. In our 2008 article we offered a simple answer: Subscription-based or pay-per-use services that, in real time over the Internet, extend IT’s capabilities.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/five-big-questions-about-cloud-computing-814
A lot of people scratched their heads over cloud computing this year. Here are the answers to the most persistent questions
In a largely downbeat year, I couldn’t help but delight in Larry Ellison’s over-the-top takedown of cloud computing last September. It was classic Larry: In an onstage interview he asks why, exactly, computers attached to networks have suddenly become “the cloud.” “What are you talking about?” he yells over and over.
Fair question — and not just Ellison is asking it. The twelfth most popular InfoWorld article in 2009 was What cloud computing really means, a 900-word definition written by executive editor Galen Gruman and me 20 months ago. It’s difficult to recall any trend about which the basic question, “Now, what is it again?” was still being asked more than two years after it emerged. In our 2008 article we offered a simple answer: Subscription-based or pay-per-use services that, in real time over the Internet, extend IT’s capabilities.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/five-big-questions-about-cloud-computing-814
A lot of people scratched their heads over cloud computing this year. Here are the answers to the most persistent questions
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