blandry (12/9/2010)
Just a couple weeks ago I was with a client who asked me about the commercial Microsoft is now running where some 'hip dude' on his laptop can't get something done, and then we hear; "To the cloud!!!". Then the voice-over says "You can share documents, [etc. etc.]..." This client said to me; "This is something we are already doing with what we have today!!! Why would I need to spend a fortune to do it a different way???"
Thank you!!! That's exactly what I've been saying when those silly commercials come on. We've had that capability for years. Except it wasn't called by a cool new buzzword...it's simply been called a network...or file sharing, shared services, etc. It really seems to be the same old thing repackaged yet again.
I attended Oracle OpenWorld in September, where Larry Ellison was touting the new "cloud in a box" (called ExaLogic). It sounds like a very large server that comes with a prepackaged OS and application that allows you to allocate disk space & resources to multiple projects. To me, it sounds a whole lot like what we already use with our MS servers to create virtual servers that are all hosted on one large physical server/SAN.
I'm definitely not sold on the whole "cloud" concept - so if I'm missing something that's truly new and unique, please enlighten me! :hehe: