Everywhere I turn or
read these days, I run into the idea of 'cloud computing'. I guess it's the
term of the moment - the latest IT jargon with the most spin. I've even added
to the discussion by giving an internal discussion / presentation to my company
last week over this very topic.
To get a somewhat accurate idea of what cloud computing is, go to wikipedia here.
For those of us who've been around for a number of years in this IT world, we recognize that cloud computing is just more spin and fodder for headlines. In fact, cloud computing is not a technology at all. It's a way to describe computing capabilities without owning and managing the IT resources. So, it's just a handy umbrella term for referring to that computing paradigm collectively.
Many wonder, and I've been asked, how 'cloud computing' differs from other similar terms like web hosting or data centers or even timesharing. My answer is that all these ideas / technologies are all collectively (along with other services and technologies) part of cloud computing - not different from it. In other words, if you're doing web hosting or you have your database housed offsite, you are doing cloud computing.
As a company, we've been looking at how we can leverage the cloud computing paradigm for our clients. We believe there is substantial potential for using cloud computing technologies such IaaS (infrastructure as a service) or PaaS (platform as a service) to reduce the cost barrier for introducing or modernizing enterprise applications in an organization as well as moving the cost for these technologies from a capital expense budget item to an operating expense budget item (essentially amortizing the cost of these computing technologies - similar to purchasing electricity a the local utility).
How does your organization view cloud computing?
To get a somewhat accurate idea of what cloud computing is, go to wikipedia here.
For those of us who've been around for a number of years in this IT world, we recognize that cloud computing is just more spin and fodder for headlines. In fact, cloud computing is not a technology at all. It's a way to describe computing capabilities without owning and managing the IT resources. So, it's just a handy umbrella term for referring to that computing paradigm collectively.
Many wonder, and I've been asked, how 'cloud computing' differs from other similar terms like web hosting or data centers or even timesharing. My answer is that all these ideas / technologies are all collectively (along with other services and technologies) part of cloud computing - not different from it. In other words, if you're doing web hosting or you have your database housed offsite, you are doing cloud computing.
As a company, we've been looking at how we can leverage the cloud computing paradigm for our clients. We believe there is substantial potential for using cloud computing technologies such IaaS (infrastructure as a service) or PaaS (platform as a service) to reduce the cost barrier for introducing or modernizing enterprise applications in an organization as well as moving the cost for these technologies from a capital expense budget item to an operating expense budget item (essentially amortizing the cost of these computing technologies - similar to purchasing electricity a the local utility).
How does your organization view cloud computing?
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