To quote from the end of this EXCELLENT article by InfoWorld editor-in-chief "Today, with such cloud-based interconnection seldom in evidence, cloud computing might be more accurately described as "sky computing," with many isolated clouds of services which IT customers must plug into individually. On the other hand, as virtualization and SOA permeate the enterprise, the idea of loosely coupled services running on an agile, scalable infrastructure should eventually make every enterprise a node in the cloud.” That’s exactly the point…the trends point toward a great big equalizer down the road. Not just for the giants, but for the masses, and the small- to medium-sized could stand to benefit the most especially in this tough economic climate. Certainly, there are many similar successes like this one where a user provides sound advice from the trenches (http://ow.ly/jcn3) … would love to hear more technical recommendations from folks who are actually benefiting from (or planning) a move to the cloud.
Cloud Computing: not just for the masses?
To quote from the end of this EXCELLENT article by InfoWorld editor-in-chief "Today, with such cloud-based interconnection seldom in evidence, cloud computing might be more accurately described as "sky computing," with many isolated clouds of services which IT customers must plug into individually. On the other hand, as virtualization and SOA permeate the enterprise, the idea of loosely coupled services running on an agile, scalable infrastructure should eventually make every enterprise a node in the cloud.” That’s exactly the point…the trends point toward a great big equalizer down the road. Not just for the giants, but for the masses, and the small- to medium-sized could stand to benefit the most especially in this tough economic climate. Certainly, there are many similar successes like this one where a user provides sound advice from the trenches (http://ow.ly/jcn3) … would love to hear more technical recommendations from folks who are actually benefiting from (or planning) a move to the cloud.