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1. 11-19-2008 09:25

I agree with your post above and would like to add that if large enterprises in industries such as finance, auto, etc adopt this strategy they should see real cost savings especially in today's economic environment. Transitioning IT services to a cloud computing environment will help reduce costs and help the environment by reducing the overall IT-Eco footprint.

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2. 11-26-2008 10:24

Free and low cost cloud computing is a moment in history akin to Gutenberg's press in the effects that it will have on society and business.

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3. 01-06-2009 21:24

Clouds will come in may different forms. corporations will create their own internal, controlled and secure clouds while the masses will utilize coud services provided by Google, Amazon and others.  
 
There are currently companies who's whole business model is based on reselling cloud services that have been wrapped in their proprietary software as a service. These cloud services significanly lower the cost of entry into these markets and provide significant opportunites for organizations to reduce operating costs. 
 
Companies that utilize these services need to beware that the SAAS solutions they are subscribing to are dependent on third parties with whom the client has no recourse.

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4. 04-12-2009 18:15

Cloud computing is a moment in time, however if you look back at technology history virtualization goes back to the day of the dinasour or mainframe. Current technology has allowed us to take the old concepts and put a new face on it with a way for creative individuals to capitalize on them.  
 
I will get really excited when we start thinking out of the box and use new concepts but until then we take baby steps which is todays cloud computing.

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