On Jun 7, 2011, at 8:40 AM, [email protected] wrote: > On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 07:25:23AM -0400, Evan Pettrey wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> I've been asked to put together a presentation on the pros and cons of cloud >> computing and a recommendation for what, if anything, can be moved to the >> cloud which will result in a net savings that will be worth any additional >> problems/headaches. > > I think the whole conversation is easier if you don't say "cloud" - instead, > say "outsourcing" -
Maybe. Maybe not. You could just as easily be running in a private cloud, inside your own facility, on your own hardware, where you virtualize your entire infrastructure for maximum versatility. Heard from a lot of people at the HP Discover conference this past week doing just that, and it's just as valid a definition of "cloud computing" as any other (moreso than many actually). "Cloud", as someone else pointed out, has many, many, interpretations, and before you can give any sort of presentation on 'cloud computing' (and before this august list can provide any sort of meaningful feedback), you are probably going to need to specify exactly what "type" of 'cloud computing' it is that you're talking about. Because if you ask five people what it means, you'll get between seven and nine answers, all of which will have radically different data-points for your presentation. Cheers, D _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
