Larry, in speaking only for myself as a layman I'm still fairly confused 
as to what the "Cloud" really is.

There's been a lot of discussion and editorializing now that security 
concerns have begun creeping forward about the concept of setting up the 
"Cloud" inside of the firewall or outside of the Internet.  Isn't that a 
practice that has been followed for a Long time already?  Again, as a 
layman, I am not a techy but I have managed a sizeable IT department in 
my past and I recall that my IT guys were using a RAID array 
(mirroring/duplexing) arrangement where our hard drives were twinned 
internally with a nightly backup to tape, a weekly electronic backup 
off-site, etc.

If setting up the "Cloud" internally is the same concept, and it sure 
sounds to be, then why slap the term "Cloud" on it.  From all that I 
have read, it seems the entire concept and embrace of the Cloud is that 
it will release billions of dollars that are currently being dedicated 
from IT budgets all over the world by reducing the need to additional 
server space, infrastructure, etc.  Where is the benefit from slapping 
the term Cloud onto an internal system that isn't genuinely a "Cloud" 
under this understanding?  Hence my confusion.

Again, from the outside looking in so, please, be kind and with a grain 
of salt and all that jazz.

Ken Fontana
The F.I.R.M

On 3/5/2010 9:50 AM, Larry Medina wrote:
> Well put together piece that addresses the issues that may (or may not) have
> been considered by both developers and potential adopters.  Let's try and
> figure most of this out instead of waiting for the horror stories and
> writing the "I told you so" pieces...
>
> http://bit.ly/aJFZ70
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