Today I ran across some good information describing cloud computing at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing. They have a number of good definitions, and even go so far as to say that cloud computing may be the ultimate form of globalization.
Here is a good description: "The majority of cloud computing infrastructure as of 2009[update] consists of reliable services delivered through data centers and built on servers with different levels of virtualization technologies. The services are accessible anywhere in the world, with The Cloud appearing as a single point of access for all the computing needs of consumers."
Wikipedia also touches on some good points about what potential customers that are investigating using software-as-a-service or SaaS should ask or consider before moving in that direction.
John Lloyd and I had some good talks today about how to "sell" the Hosted Data (HD) service we offer through Reviora. We think a lot of it will of course come from getting in front of the people, as with anything, but also in making it so simple that a fifth-grader can understand it. There's a lot of technology that has to go on behind the scenes, but to the end-user, they have to have a good understanding of how it affects them.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
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