Comments on: Poll: Are you interested in cloud computing? http://4sysops.com/archives/poll-are-you-interested-in-cloud-computing/ For Windows Administrators Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:51:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Michael Pietroforte http://4sysops.com/archives/poll-are-you-interested-in-cloud-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-141013 Michael Pietroforte Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:28:23 +0000 http://4sysops.com/?p=3693#comment-141013 Bill, this poll is not really about the importance of cloud computing in today's corporate networks. I am just interested to know who has already experience with cloud computing. As to your critique of cloud computing, I think your claims are much too general. If cloud computing saves money or not depends very much on the concrete cloud service and also on the organization's environment. I agree that cloud computing is just another tool in the box. And the point about every new tool is that it simplifies our work and therefore also saves money. moiecoute, you are absolutely right. Cloud computing is just at the beginning and I believe that we will see a very fast development in the coming years. I also think that it is now the right time for every IT pro to get acquainted with cloud computing even though many services are not yet mature enough to replace on-premise solutions. I think you mentioned an important reason why many IT pros are skeptical about cloud computing. In my view, it is highly unlikely that cloud computing or SaS will render IT pros jobless. This is where IT differs from other fields. New technologies in IT have always created new jobs. I might post something about this topic in the near future. Bill, this poll is not really about the importance of cloud computing in today’s corporate networks. I am just interested to know who has already experience with cloud computing. As to your critique of cloud computing, I think your claims are much too general. If cloud computing saves money or not depends very much on the concrete cloud service and also on the organization’s environment. I agree that cloud computing is just another tool in the box. And the point about every new tool is that it simplifies our work and therefore also saves money.

moiecoute, you are absolutely right. Cloud computing is just at the beginning and I believe that we will see a very fast development in the coming years. I also think that it is now the right time for every IT pro to get acquainted with cloud computing even though many services are not yet mature enough to replace on-premise solutions. I think you mentioned an important reason why many IT pros are skeptical about cloud computing. In my view, it is highly unlikely that cloud computing or SaS will render IT pros jobless. This is where IT differs from other fields. New technologies in IT have always created new jobs. I might post something about this topic in the near future.

]]> By: moiecoute http://4sysops.com/archives/poll-are-you-interested-in-cloud-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-140798 moiecoute Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:08:52 +0000 http://4sysops.com/?p=3693#comment-140798 Thanks for your series Michael. I don't believe the technology is mature enough in terms of costs, communications networks and competition to really make an impact which is probably true of how the majority of technologies start their life. There is another side element that might make a good topic for you or debate amongst fellow 4sysops to thrash out and that is does cloud computing pose a danger to peoples jobs in IT in which case it also has to fight against IT specialists for adoption. Thanks for your series Michael. I don’t believe the technology is mature enough in terms of costs, communications networks and competition to really make an impact which is probably true of how the majority of technologies start their life. There is another side element that might make a good topic for you or debate amongst fellow 4sysops to thrash out and that is does cloud computing pose a danger to peoples jobs in IT in which case it also has to fight against IT specialists for adoption.

]]> By: Bill http://4sysops.com/archives/poll-are-you-interested-in-cloud-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-140794 Bill Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:40:04 +0000 http://4sysops.com/?p=3693#comment-140794 Kind of a bad poll - we have 2 apps in the "cloud", but I wouldn't call that significant compared to the hundreds we have in house nor would it be accurate to say we endorse it or love it because we do use "cloud" apps. It is nothing more than one more tool/way to solve a problem or set of problems. It does not do anything along the lines of what the marketing folks would have you believe - it does not often save money, it does not often have the same flexibility or functionality, and it is not the end all, be all solution for all of IT. It is simply another way of doing things and it may or may not be the best of the possible solutions to a given problem based on the specific situation. To call it anything else is tremendously misleading. It is still an app or computer and it does nothing to fundamentally revolutionize what is being done or has been done in the on-premise model. It is simply another tool in the box. Kind of a bad poll – we have 2 apps in the “cloud”, but I wouldn’t call that significant compared to the hundreds we have in house nor would it be accurate to say we endorse it or love it because we do use “cloud” apps. It is nothing more than one more tool/way to solve a problem or set of problems. It does not do anything along the lines of what the marketing folks would have you believe – it does not often save money, it does not often have the same flexibility or functionality, and it is not the end all, be all solution for all of IT. It is simply another way of doing things and it may or may not be the best of the possible solutions to a given problem based on the specific situation. To call it anything else is tremendously misleading. It is still an app or computer and it does nothing to fundamentally revolutionize what is being done or has been done in the on-premise model. It is simply another tool in the box.

]]> By: Michael Pietroforte http://4sysops.com/archives/poll-are-you-interested-in-cloud-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-140785 Michael Pietroforte Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:31:41 +0000 http://4sysops.com/?p=3693#comment-140785 I think cloud computing and SAS are two very different things. SAS is a business model while cloud computing is a new technology. For instance, you can have a private cloud in your organization in which case you don't need a service provider. Also, you can be a SAS provider without using cloud technology. For example, conventional web hosting providers usually don't use cloud technology. I think cloud computing and SAS are two very different things. SAS is a business model while cloud computing is a new technology. For instance, you can have a private cloud in your organization in which case you don’t need a service provider. Also, you can be a SAS provider without using cloud technology. For example, conventional web hosting providers usually don’t use cloud technology.

]]> By: Tony http://4sysops.com/archives/poll-are-you-interested-in-cloud-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-140784 Tony Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:19:56 +0000 http://4sysops.com/?p=3693#comment-140784 Cloud Computing, give me a break. They tried in the late 90's, back then is was all hyped up as "Software as a Service". It failed miserably. Now they have come back in the late 2000's, this time calling it "In the Cloud". Cloud Computing, give me a break. They tried in the late 90’s, back then is was all hyped up as “Software as a Service”. It failed miserably. Now they have come back in the late 2000’s, this time calling it “In the Cloud”.

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