I just found an interesting article in Wikipedia that has a great explanation of cloud computing, with an interesting aspect. Most articles seem to focus on explaining what cloud computing is and how it works, but this one brought up an interesting aspect in that one of the benefits of cloud computing is that it simply allows the user to be naive (in a good way) to the complications that makeup the infrastructure. It provides an alternative to a user having to setup and configure an environment that meets their needs.
Before cloud computing it was necessary to know about and configure requirements for servers in terms of networking, speed, etc. Cloud computing changes this by letting the user simply pick the application that will be run without having to worry about the details. Click here for more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing
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Monday, December 28, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Defining cloud computing
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.
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.
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