Comments on: Forecast Cloudy with Continued Enterprise http://loosebolts.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/forecast-cloudy-with-continued-enterprise/ Thoughts on Cloud Computing, Infrastructure at Scale, and Data Centers Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:43:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: frank whelan http://loosebolts.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/forecast-cloudy-with-continued-enterprise/#comment-254 frank whelan Fri, 15 May 2009 00:47:37 +0000 http://loosebolts.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/forecast-cloudy-with-continued-enterprise/#comment-254 Trust is gained by industry respect and one more thing. MONEY . when companies can save millions in their IT budgets the cloud becomes their friend... like sunshine on a cloudy day. as far as" too new", every kid wanted to be the first on the block with a new Schwinn, that hasn't changed. the cloud lives. Trust is gained by industry respect and one more thing. MONEY . when companies can save millions in their IT budgets the cloud becomes their friend… like sunshine on a cloudy day. as far as” too new”, every kid wanted to be the first on the block with a new Schwinn, that hasn’t changed. the cloud lives.

]]> By: chuck goolsbee http://loosebolts.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/forecast-cloudy-with-continued-enterprise/#comment-235 chuck goolsbee Thu, 07 May 2009 05:13:52 +0000 http://loosebolts.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/forecast-cloudy-with-continued-enterprise/#comment-235 The corporate and colocation datacenters are not going away for another reason, which you touched on elsewhere, but didn't connect: Compliance with regulatory standards. It will take many years of built-up trust for organizations on both sides of regulatory issues (the users and the auditors) to be comfortable with moving compliance-specific data into clouds. If ever. Trust requires long track records of spotless service, and can evaporate forever with just one problem. Cloud computing is too new, and too untried to have earned that trust yet. --chuck The corporate and colocation datacenters are not going away for another reason, which you touched on elsewhere, but didn’t connect: Compliance with regulatory standards. It will take many years of built-up trust for organizations on both sides of regulatory issues (the users and the auditors) to be comfortable with moving compliance-specific data into clouds. If ever.

Trust requires long track records of spotless service, and can evaporate forever with just one problem. Cloud computing is too new, and too untried to have earned that trust yet.

–chuck

]]> By: Thought provoking take on Cloud Computing « The Digital Cave http://loosebolts.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/forecast-cloudy-with-continued-enterprise/#comment-233 Thought provoking take on Cloud Computing « The Digital Cave Wed, 06 May 2009 05:49:59 +0000 http://loosebolts.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/forecast-cloudy-with-continued-enterprise/#comment-233 [...] Uptime Criticisms Thought provoking take on Cloud Computing May 6, 2009 I just read Michael Manos’ thoughts and beliefs on where cloud computing will evolve to and how it drove his ultimate decision to move to Digital Realty Trust.  To be honest I was [...] [...] Uptime Criticisms Thought provoking take on Cloud Computing May 6, 2009 I just read Michael Manos’ thoughts and beliefs on where cloud computing will evolve to and how it drove his ultimate decision to move to Digital Realty Trust.  To be honest I was [...]

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