Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 1st Oct 2008 21:30 UTC
Even though I'm still not quite sure what "the cloud" actually is (it's the internet, right?), Microsoft has just announced that it will be releasing 'Windows Cloud' at its Professional Developers Conference later this month. Windows Cloud (a temporary codename) will apparently be based on Windows Server, but with new features and characteristics. Steve Ballmer made the announcement at a Microsoft-sponsored conference for IT managers in London.
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Where I have seen cloud computing take off is in small businesses. I work for a small counseling company and Google docs and calendar are used by most of the employees to discuss projects and keep track of schedules. It is easy to forget that the data is all being saved on Google servers. It concerns me a little that I will log in one day and not have free access to docs or that the files will get obliterated by accident. It really is a money saver for our company. It also makes it easier since everyone is using the same online applications. Of course, though, if the applications stopped working one day and we couldn't get to our files we would be screwed.
The article on RMS's response to Cloud computing made me think more about this. They really are proprietary applications. Someone joked to me about what are the chances Google would lose the data. Not likely. It wouldn't ruin the company but it would be a pain having to switch to a new system.
Edited 2008-10-01 23:54 UTC