The two very different clouds
Here’s a great article about different types of clouds…
CIO – Many new technologies have emerged in the world of IT but none is more confused and misunderstood than cloud computing. Here is another new technology paradigm that is crying out for a set of common standard definitions and a global consensus of understanding.
Cloud computing represents perhaps the greatest fundamental shift in how we consume IT that you may see in your career and if you are a CIO who wants to survive, you need to be on the right side of the “I get it” ledger.
I was discussing cloud computing at a recent function with a valued customer of the firm who also happens to be a venture capitalist investing in IT companies developing software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings. I commented that the firm was “going to the cloud”.
Without hesitation the client responded that if his own investment bank “went to the cloud” he would close his accounts and move his money and his information elsewhere!
Of course I immediately realised my gaffe — that we were, in fact, talking about different ‘clouds’. I quickly explained I was referring to a secure and private cloud service, which he was quite relieved to hear.
But his initial response to my somewhat ambiguous statement provides some interesting insights;
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