Comments on: Salesforce.com chief scientist on how and why the cloud is here to stay

By: FrankG

FrankG — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 02:36:13 +0000

This is the furthest from the truth. Of course we stand on the shoulders of previous generations, but cloud computing is an evolution of SOA that leverages the internet.

By: FrankG

FrankG — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 02:33:28 +0000

No. Its different. Cloud computing can be centralized or decentralized. When its decentralized with federations of clouds, its certainly not centralized. And also, “hosting” is not cloud computing either. Just taking the complexity of an application and putting the mess on another data center is “hosting”. One of the memes in cloud computing is reducing complexity.

By: Rael

Rael — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:39:34 +0000

Cloud is just a buzz-word for something that has been there all along. From centralized computing (mainframes etc…) over local area network storage (client-server computing) to internet storage.
There’s only one thing important in working with/in a/the Cloud : security. All the rest is marketing. Not technology.
And being there for quite some time now, I guess we’ll see a shift back to decentralised computing/storage sooner or later, as we’re bound to ride the ever-present technology cycle.

By: Mary Rosberg

Mary Rosberg — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 23:00:23 +0000

Even the US government is getting on board with cloud, albeit private cloud, and parts of the gov’t moving faster than others…

By: sm

sm — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:59:03 +0000

the reason cloud isnt trusted is because of the lock in factor (just like o/s based handcuffs of the past) …if we / I cant easily move data or transition from app to app from cloud 5 to cloud 9…. corporates have more to lose in terms of market trust, regulated privacy and competition if they are not control of their information…cloud does not provide a compelling argument to dispel the risks…added to which patriot act tells us there can be no trust… sm (canada)

By: Dana

Dana — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:52:49 +0000

Didn’t “cloud computing” used to be “centralized computing”?

By: Greg Smith

Greg Smith — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:19:46 +0000

Change is the only constant….this too will pass.

By: Shantharam.J

Shantharam.J — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 06:41:28 +0000

Cloud enables the forum of education, Health care, IT companies etc will definitely enable sharing of thoughts, ideas and innovation world over

By: Chris Conder

Chris Conder — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:30:39 +0000

;)

By: JP Rangaswami

JP Rangaswami — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:43:58 +0000

I guess that’s been transcribed by someone at speed and it hasn’t been checked. What I said was “Do my children know any different?”