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The Cloud: Battle of the Tech Titans

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Ranko Mosic Jun 6, 2011 9:59 AM GMT This is another example of how commoditization works like it did so many times in the past - PCs, cheap cars, client-server computing, price of long distance services. Pretty much everything was commoditized and automated. Usually IT department helped this process, now it is up to be commoditized too. http://www.lotus.in.rs
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Stew May 19, 2011 10:23 AM GMT Robert, the internet came about in the early 1990s it is now 2011... this has been twenty years so the internet was obviously not forgotten about.
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Crakich Apr 1, 2011 10:46 AM GMT anyone who says IBM is lagging is uninformed
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DaveW Mar 30, 2011 9:45 AM GMT I had to laugh when I saw the terms "Darwinian" and "Cambrian Explosion." The Cambrian Explosion, in which most major phyla (body plans) appeared 500 million years ago defies Darwinian orthodoxy that asserts that the phyla developed gradually over billions of years.What we are seeing with cloud computing is not Darwinian - it is a guided, purposeful affair. (E.g., cloud computing products aren't just spontaneously appearing and modifying themselves accidentally. What a poor metaphor.
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Walter Adamson Mar 22, 2011 9:42 PM GMT You hit a number of good nails on the head, for example with regard to "private clouds". But you miss the main point.Cloud is not "really different" this time because of scale - that's just a well plotted trend. It helps support a lot of your commentary which is based on economics of scale.But that's not the point. Cloud is different because of the ecosystems of connected cloud services and communication which is enabled. Your Etsy example shows this in its most basic form - that's less about infrastructure and more about cross platform communication. That's the revolution of cloud.The business impact is yet to be felt. No doubt it will be driven by cost saving and competitive threats from those that do it well. But the ultimate gain is in the value delivered through the total cloud ecosystems and their intercommunication.Walter @adamsonhttp://xeesm.com/walter
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Jan Klincewicz Mar 18, 2011 2:19 PM GMT Ashlee is one of the most gifted IT writers in the business. This article is a great example of someone who really "gets" the depth of issues like Cloud.
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Robert Mar 17, 2011 1:00 PM GMT Interesting article. I like the claim this is the greatest technology leap in 20 years. Seems they forgot the internet of the 90's. That said every decade since 1960 has had a cloud effort. 60's it was the mainframe, 70's - distributed 80's timeshare 90's - hosted, etc. So while it is called cloud and has a different enviroment it is still the same approach for the last 40 years.
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Ram Mar 16, 2011 9:00 PM GMT Very comprehensive, indeed. It could have been useful to novice in the field, had you indicated a paragraph of description about what is cloud computing and why should enterprises hug it. I went through all the seven pages. It will take at least 3 years from now to know the exact value of cloud computing. Till then many start-ups may join the stream and the three biggies may integrate to one giant cloud to save costs. I am always sensitive about my data. Can't readily simulate my research work or analyze sensitive commercial data on someone's cloud. http://blog.epmworld.in Twitter: @epmworld_hyd
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Buzz Mar 15, 2011 9:18 PM GMT Who Wants To Get A $829 Ipad2 3G For $109.73. Or A Brand New I5 Macbook Pro Worth $1799.00 For Under $200? Forget About Retail Stores With Their Jacked Up Prices. I Already Sold A Bunch Of Stuff For Half Of What People Would Have Paid At Retail Stores, But I Am Getting Stuff For Much Cheaper Than That. I Use Two Sites, Both Are Good, Bigsgo.comAnd Snagbids.com
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bürkibru Mar 15, 2011 5:04 PM GMT All what we can do is making things going faster.Concerning forecasts. The more accurate the less stable in time.
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