[ Cloud Computing ] Re: "Cloud Computing" is Buzzword of the Year (Ars Technica)

Well as I'm no doubt one of the folks to blame for blowing cloud
about, I feel no shame whatsoever in providing a link to our CTO's
views on where virtualization might go in 2009 and 2010.

http://vmblog.com/archive/2008/12/10/2009-in-virtualization-and-cloud-computing-the-year-of-the-virtualization-professional.aspx

Cheers,
alexis

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:57 AM, Greg Pfister <greg.pfister@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> See http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/ars-awards-2008.ars/3
>
> Typical extracted quotes:
> *****
> Everywhere you turned, it was "cloud" this and "cloud" that, and often
> it was difficult to discern precisely what a given pundit or booster
> meant by the term. ... at this point the cloud seems to be the kind of
> thing that you just stare at until it starts to look like something
> familiar—we see a rocket, you see a pony. But whatever you take the
> cloud to be, it's hard to deny that 2008 truly was its year. ... while
> it's ferociously hard to see into 2009, it is nonetheless quite clear
> that there are clouds ahead.
> *****
>
> Greg Pfister, who is recalling some of the past attempts in these
> environs to define "cloud computing." You see a duckie...
>
> >
>

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