Sky's the limit

[rpm]

Sky's the limit

CLOUD COMPUTING has been touted as a revolution in the way computer applications are developed and delivered.

 

[vodacom3g]

One thing about the IT industry is how it can resurrect old concepts, give it a sexy new name and sell it all over again.

 

[.Froot.]

Sky's the limit

Incorrect. Actually, Telkom's the limit... cloud computing isn't viable for us now- we don't have the broadband pipelines to support it

 

[Tux]

*points out to RPM the Mamelodi Sundowns FC might have a word with him regarding the use of their "Sky's the limit" slogan*

 

[The_Unbeliever]

*yawn*

old news.

In any case, cloud computing's weak point is the Internet. If your ADSL line is down, or the route to whichever service you're using's corrupted, and you can't use the cloud services then you're stuck.

I might be old-fashioned IT, but I prefer the tried and trusty method of having the application on the workstation itself. OpenOffice and Linux should be a way to cut out on licensing costs.

 

[bekdik]

Add to list which includes:

The network is the computer
Paperless Office

 

[anathema]

Wow - come on. Has the news budget run out?

First we have xbox vs ps3 news report in 2009 and now a concept as old as yahoo email.

Someone get a professional reporter/editor already and tell us something we don't know or change your slogan to - Yesterday's News today, cuz seriously the standard of news is dropping daily and this is not counting the consistent spelling mistakes, posting bs news or the constant grammar mistakes.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Cloud computing is the next "big" thing, its somewhat more complicated thatn "yahoo email" anathema.

Granted the idea is as old as the hills, but alot more companies are pushing it now.

 

[anathema]

Cloud computing is the next "big" thing, its somewhat more complicated thatn "yahoo email" anathema.

Granted the idea is as old as the hills, but alot more companies are pushing it now.

Sure - Every article I read is about the idea. Yahoo and others were simply the beginning. But I remember M$ going on about this pre-XP. In fact I remember them going on about this pre-Office 2000.

So this article is simply a filler... old hat and besides as someone clearly pointed out - Telkom have been holding us back.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Except of course, back then everyone was just talking about it.....

Now they're actually bringing the product to market... and Telkom are only holding us back, not MS.

 

[ebudae]

Cloud computing sounds great in theory but so much is left to chance when putting your data into the cloud. For axample who owns the information? What rights does the hosting company have over the data? What happens when your hosting company goes belly up or the online software you were using is no longer available? Does the hosting company have proper backup procedures? And what happens when the internet goes down for a few hours?

The Librarian is correct, if cutting costs is the only reason to put your data into the cloud, you're better off with an open source alternative.

 

[The_Unbeliever]

In this case Telkom's doing us a massive favour by holding us back...

...otherwise we'd be paying through our nose for use of the cloud applications.

In a way it makes sense, for example - Google's Picasa - to have your photo album on a server somewhere - accessible from any place in the world without you needing to have a server at home.

 

[Tns]

companies agree to use cloud-computing services but continue to store actual data on local systems, where it's perceived to be safer.

at least i know my data is behind a ten mil steel door and backup offsite....cloud?

 

[_TrXtR_]

For axample who owns the information?

Most disgruntled employee of course!