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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RE: nice for small business
by mckill on Thu 2nd Oct 2008 00:26
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RE: nice for small business
by ahmetaa on Thu 2nd Oct 2008 02:03
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RE[2]: nice for small business
by BluenoseJake on Thu 2nd Oct 2008 03:35
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RE[2]: nice for small business
by DrillSgt on Thu 2nd Oct 2008 04:04
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RE: nice for small business
by Soulbender on Thu 2nd Oct 2008 12:20
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Google docs and calendar are used by most of the employees to discuss projects and keep track of schedules
I fail to see how using Google Docs and Calendar is "cloud computing". Unless it is just another moronic name for "hosted application".
You know, that service that was the hottest thing on planet earth just before the dotcom bubble burst.
RE[2]: nice for small business
by jakesdad on Thu 2nd Oct 2008 13:31
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RE[2]: nice for small business
by buff on Thu 2nd Oct 2008 23:18
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I fail to see how using Google Docs and Calendar is "cloud computing"
Whether you call it hosted computing, web applications or cloud computing it is all equivalent. The benefit of Google Docs and Caldendar web applications allows people to collaborate and see each other's schedules. The same could be done on a LAN but our employees are working from home, offices, etc. Having a wireless broadband card with access to the cloud makes collaboration possible from any location.
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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