On 6/12/2011 8:00 AM, Derek J. Balling wrote: > 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 As with almost every aspect of technology, the marketing people have jumped on 'cloud'. If there is any possible way to describe something as 'cloud' they will, e.g. gmail is a cloud service, basic shared web hosting is a 'cloud' service, sadly both examples I've seen. etc. etc. Generally it seems if it's not local, it's cloud, but even that's wrong as Derek points out with running virtualised infrastructure in house. The 'private cloud' :D
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