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Preparing for the Shift to Club Cloud Computing

Alain:

I've been following it a bit, but thats a fair point. When I get a chance to dig in and ask around I may include it in future columns.

Thanks for the astute comment.

Greg

Preparing for the Shift to Club Cloud Computing

Brewer:

That would be very interesting. And I think the question would be just how far behind will enterprises alllow their IT services to be as consumers and SMBs see an increasing pace of breakthrough innovations. I htink Cisco gets this, hence the Unified Computing initiative.

Thanks for the comment
Greg

Preparing for the Shift to Club Cloud Computing

Jack:

With enterprise cloud we are certainly talking about something 3-5 years out that will most likely be adopted privately moreso than publicly. This is important today because it represents a massive shift in how IT services are delivered and it will influence all of IT, both those who use it and those who must compete with it- in the same way the proliferation of the browser drove the webification of once LAN-bound enterprise apps. It wasn't necessaily a clean migration by everyone at once, but when it began its influence was unquestionable.

Thanks for hte comment.

Greg

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Dust:

You've made some excellent points. However, I might add that AAPL had been a company of incredible vision and breakthrough thinking. What they have done with iTunes and the iPhone reminds me that anything is possible; and if they're still interested in the business customer their strength in interface, form factors and user experience might come in handy. Maybe they just need a partner or another killer innovation...

Thanks,
Greg

Preparing for the Shift to Club Cloud Computing

Zen:
No where have I claimed to be sane. I do suggest that cloud can be very compelling for the enterprise, although they may never adopt public cloud over private cloud (where they own the service but it is delivered decoupled from specific facilities/hardware). Some large corporations have outsourced their sales lead management systems and their revenue forecasting etc to SaaS...

Thanks for the comment and the sanity check.

G