Considering "the cloud" (what a vile buzzword) has been with us since the 60's.
Even some (mostly young) people think that "virtualisation" is something to use in trendy company. => McKown, John wrote: => =>>The survey carried out on 1000 adult americans of age 18 and more paint a =>> disturbing picture: 54% of americans do not know what the cloud is and =>> claim to never have used it. But, from these, 95% use it regularly for =>> online banking, online shopping, social sites such as Facebook or Twitter =>> and online sharing of photos and files. All of these services operate =>> within the cloud, but it would seem that not everyone understands this. =>> Also, another alarming number is that 51% of the surveyed Americans =>> think that stormy weather can interfere with the functionality of the =>> cloud. =>></quote> => => I'm alarmed and read that with a cloudy expression! What a misty cloudy => survey... But you indeed stir up a storm! ;-D => => => No seriously, I don't think the surveyees are familiar with the term => 'cloud' and 'cloud computing'. I wonder about the process of surveyee => selection... => => Groete / Greetings => Elardus Engelbrecht => => ---------------------------------------------------------------------- => For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, => send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN => John Cassidy (Dipl.-Ingr.) Kapellenstr. 21a D-65193 Wiesbaden EU Mobile: +49 (0) 170 794 3616 http://www.JDCassidy.net http://en.federaleurope.org/ http://sva-zhosting.com/en/index.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
