Comments on: Cloud computing is transforming Information Technology http://www.davewright.me/2008/10/cloud-computing-is-transforming-information-technology/ Random cloud thoughts from Jungle Dave Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:39:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jon Z http://www.davewright.me/2008/10/cloud-computing-is-transforming-information-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Jon Z Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:23:40 +0000 http://www.davewright.me/?p=10#comment-7 Saying that IT people are just trying to keep their job isn't getting at the real issues facing cloud computing. The hard issues are: 1) Compliance - Sarbanes/Oxley, HIPPA, etc. etc. 2) Security - Can I be sure the data I put in the cloud won't be hacked and cause companies stock to plummet? 3) Standard/Interchangeability - If the service provider to which I commit my company's operations goes out of business or becomes unreliable, can I move to another vendor without much pain? These are all solvable for many situations, but they are real and difficult problems. I suspect these will be easier to solve for small and medium sized business. Success awaits those that can deal with these issues in a satisfactory way. Saying that IT people are just trying to keep their job isn’t getting at the real issues facing cloud computing. The hard issues are:

1) Compliance – Sarbanes/Oxley, HIPPA, etc. etc.
2) Security – Can I be sure the data I put in the cloud won’t be hacked and cause companies stock to plummet?
3) Standard/Interchangeability – If the service provider to which I commit my company’s operations goes out of business or becomes unreliable, can I move to another vendor without much pain?

These are all solvable for many situations, but they are real and difficult problems. I suspect these will be easier to solve for small and medium sized business. Success awaits those that can deal with these issues in a satisfactory way.

]]> By: Dave Wright http://www.davewright.me/2008/10/cloud-computing-is-transforming-information-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Dave Wright Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:51:53 +0000 http://www.davewright.me/?p=10#comment-5 @Colin - That's a good point, there are some companies that are never going to put their data / infrastructure on a "shared" cloud, however I think they'll still benefit from cloud technologies by building "private" clouds in their own datacenters. To their developers & users it still looks like a self-service super flexible system. The IT staff just needs to keep sufficient capacity without worrying about individual application requirements. @Colin – That’s a good point, there are some companies that are never going to put their data / infrastructure on a “shared” cloud, however I think they’ll still benefit from cloud technologies by building “private” clouds in their own datacenters. To their developers & users it still looks like a self-service super flexible system. The IT staff just needs to keep sufficient capacity without worrying about individual application requirements.

]]> By: colin henderson http://www.davewright.me/2008/10/cloud-computing-is-transforming-information-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-4 colin henderson Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:46:51 +0000 http://www.davewright.me/?p=10#comment-4 One strategic question remains about the cloud remains unanswered. How to deal with large corporations, such as Banks. They do not trust "the cloud" and won't place their information "there". One strategic question remains about the cloud remains unanswered. How to deal with large corporations, such as Banks. They do not trust “the cloud” and won’t place their information “there”.

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