Sam Charrington's "In the Loop" Blog
We're still relatively early in the cloud computing hype cycle but I strongly
believe that in the future, most if not all server-side software applications
will be deployed in a cloud-computing-like manner. That is not to say that
all applications will be run in one of exactly five global clouds. On the
contrary, every enterprise will have one or more 'clouds' into which they
deploy applications.
James Urquhart recently posed a question that had been on my mind as well:
If "grid computing" is about running job-based tasks in a MPP model (e.g.
HPC)... If "utility computing" is a business model for providing computing on
an as-needed, bill-for-what-you-use basis... If "cloud computing" is a market
model describing services provided over t... (more)
Sam Charrington's Blog
Cloud computing figures prominently in recently released Gartner report
entitled "CIO New Year’s Resolutions, 2009." Gartner’s overall advice to
the CIO is to do what is necessary to survive in ‘09, but to be sure to
also invest in the future by building and preparing for what lies beyond.
In a report issued Monday entitled CIO New Year’s Resolutions, 2009
(subscrip... (more)