I had to post a link to this blog post. Very nice article on how the federal government should pursue the use of new technology.
http://tinyurl.com/cp3xen
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
How Cloud Computing is changing the IT Landscape
I haven't posted a blog post in a while. I think the dust has settled from my "academic endeavor" and I'm ready to pick up where I left off.
I have been overly critical, in other posts, about "Cloud Computing". Possibly, too much so. My own thoughts on the challenges involved in this technology can be misconstrued as a lack of support. In fact, it is not. Merely a hope that the discussion can move towards the "real world" implications of adopting these tools and the challenges we face. As a technologist I find these new advances as inevitable. Especially with cloud computing. In fact, "the cloud" can (and probably already is) be implemented without the end-user's involvement or action.
I recently came across this article on CIO.com. It is a great discussion of the cloud and two Nicholas Carr's books. He is controversial "IT Doesn't Matter" and his latest book "The Big Switch". I haven't read the 2nd book but the article gives some great information and parallels between how electricity was de-centralized and produced locally within corporations for years before the advent of the power grid and utility companies. This sound erily family to the in-house data centers that are slowly being migrated to "the cloud".
Check out the article. Very interesting read.
I have been overly critical, in other posts, about "Cloud Computing". Possibly, too much so. My own thoughts on the challenges involved in this technology can be misconstrued as a lack of support. In fact, it is not. Merely a hope that the discussion can move towards the "real world" implications of adopting these tools and the challenges we face. As a technologist I find these new advances as inevitable. Especially with cloud computing. In fact, "the cloud" can (and probably already is) be implemented without the end-user's involvement or action.
I recently came across this article on CIO.com. It is a great discussion of the cloud and two Nicholas Carr's books. He is controversial "IT Doesn't Matter" and his latest book "The Big Switch". I haven't read the 2nd book but the article gives some great information and parallels between how electricity was de-centralized and produced locally within corporations for years before the advent of the power grid and utility companies. This sound erily family to the in-house data centers that are slowly being migrated to "the cloud".
Check out the article. Very interesting read.
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