tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156264684065602912.post7964318527725428815..comments2023-04-06T04:26:14.589-04:00Comments on OpenSurge: What's This Cloud Thing Anyway? Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18201171800309232068noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156264684065602912.post-91890767427345309802012-09-14T09:15:06.548-04:002012-09-14T09:15:06.548-04:00Bob - great input! And I don't think our views...Bob - great input! And I don't think our views are very different. So maybe its not "complete gibberish"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201171800309232068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156264684065602912.post-39273160309590142612012-09-14T08:51:12.088-04:002012-09-14T08:51:12.088-04:00With all due respect Mitch, I think that you and L...With all due respect Mitch, I think that you and Larry miss the point entirely. There are three fundamental characteristics of cloud computing. These are:<br /><br />1. Cloud computing is based on a consumption model. Organizations don't have to purchase HW/SW to last for a to be determined time into the future, along with hiring staff to administer and maintain it all, plus manage and pay for the classic "pipe, power and space" - none of these typically core to their business. Cloud computing providers create an elastic computing model whereby we can scale our computing resources up and down as we need them.<br /><br />2. Cloud computing is delivered as a services model. You can use the cloud for different activities up and down the technology stack. And don't forget that a very important part of this is that our computing resources and information can be made available anytime and anywhere.<br /><br />3. Cloud computing uses a deployment model. That is, not one size fits all. There are almost as many ways to configure and deploy cloud resources as there are applications and systems that run in the cloud.<br /><br />The cloud isn't for everyone, but there can be significant financial savings realized by moving to the cloud. I read an article recently that claimed that the US government saved $5B, yes that's billion, by taking advantage of cloud computing. However, our government moves very slowly and the estimate was that they could have saved as much as $12B by being more aggressive about moving to the cloud...but that's another story.Bob Whttp://www.teamcloudsolutions.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156264684065602912.post-27434143862901074022012-09-14T08:40:33.254-04:002012-09-14T08:40:33.254-04:00Correct me if I'm wrong in thinking this way, ...Correct me if I'm wrong in thinking this way, but here goes; I've always thought of cloud computing is making file locations, apps. and anything else the has to do with storing data oblivious to the enduser as long as they can access it when nessesary, I think this falls in way back when IBM came up with what was called the Andrew File System. Does anyone know what am talking about and am I right?JBononoreply@blogger.com