[ Cloud Computing ] Re: Big Players cornered the cloud?

I agree
 
However after speaking to Microsoft and IBM - they really don't have a plan....yet
 
Also - I believe that the vendors are stalling because this concept although not new has forced them to re-think.
 
All I can say is the days of paying huge sums for software and then even more for professional services, training and on-going support are starting to look numbered.
 
At the end of day, the customer will utilimately determine the speed on which the big Vendors will develop cloud computing.
 
Kind Regards
 
Ruz
nexgen.sg

> Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:12:15 -0800
> Subject: [ Cloud Computing ] Re: Big Players cornered the cloud?
> From: laskinp@gmail.com
> To: cloud-computing@googlegroups.com
>
>
> Saad,
>
> I heard something very similar about 5 years ago when virtualization
> first started to appear. The head of new IT tech at the company I
> worked at felt that virtualization was not worth looking into until
> IBM had outlined their technical direction. While IBM was in early,
> they today aren't considered the number 1 or 2 virtualization player.
> Important perhaps in some circle, but not the company people
> immediately think of when they hear 'virtualization'. The same will
> occur in the Cloud space. Today the big players include Amazon and
> Google. Microsoft is garnering buzz but the product is .. in
> development. They may be a 'big player' but it is too early to tell.
>
> -PL
>
> On Dec 14, 4:29 am, saad syed <saads...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> > Dear All
> >
> > I recently mentioned the the cloud computing concept to a client (i.e. to offer cloud computing to their customers) and got the following email response:
> >
> > "I have passed this through our IT dept. and their view was that the big players (Microsoft and Google) are leaving little room for other companies to grow in this area. "
> >
> > To what extent is this true/false?
> >
> > Many Thanks
> > Saad
>
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