On 07/20/2010 02:31 PM, Christopher A. Williams wrote: > On Tue, 2010-07-20 at 22:18 +0100, Ian Malone wrote: >> On 20 July 2010 21:49, JD<jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On 07/20/2010 01:34 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: >>>> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:13:41 -0700 >>>> JD wrote: >>>> >>>>> Work directly with our customers to create Salesforce based solutions >>>> Now it is all clear. Cloud computing is a sales gimmick. >>>> >>>> I bet it is almost as meaningful a term at .Net :-). >>> Maybe so, but this is how biznizmen try to stay >>> in the game. Most well educated computer scientists >>> will probably find this to be a hollow and vaccuous >>> solution which will sprout a plethora of problems which >>> in turn will sprout a plethora of solutions to problems >>> caused by the originial soultion ....ad infinitum. >>> Soon, you will see colleges offering courses in cloud >>> computing. >>> >>> I kept wondering: What solution(s) does cloud computing >>> offer that 10gigE clusters do not? >>> >> Rapid scalability. Where I'm based we've been waiting for some time >> now for a few new machines for data processing to arrive, it would >> have been nice to just be able to increase capacity when we needed it >> (and they'll probably spend some of their time sitting idle when they >> do arrive). Presumably also if you have a good business idea then >> cloud computing means you can very quickly get it set up without a lot >> of overheads and investment in infrastructure. As you scale larger, >> and if you find you have constant demand on processing or storage, you >> might find it becomes more economical to maintain your own resources, >> but most of us don't run our own power plants or water treatment. > This is one aspect to be certain. Most organizations will tell you that > they were drawn to highly virtualized and cloud based infrastructure for > the potential savings gained by compressing the data center footprint > (reductions in power, cooling, etc.). But after using them, most > eventually will tell you that the number one benefit proved to be the > sheer agility of the environment, and being able to deploy and > re-configure systems almost at will without impacting underlying > hardware infrastructure. > > Cheers, > > Chris > Boy! Chris - you should try getting a job as a marketing agent :) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
