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The Cloudy Future of Corporate IT

Source: Andrew McAfee

Aug 21, 2009

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As cloud computing gathers momentum in the business world, so too do its critiques and detractors. They tell us that the cloud is insufficiently secure, robust, and stable. That it might suffice for lower-level activities like email and calendaring, but won’t handle chores that require massive computational power, transaction volumes, or bandwidth. That it’s not well suited for a truly mobile worker. That cloud applications are trivialized versions of desktop and client-server ones. That to give up local control over data, software, and infrastructure is to strike a Faustian bargain — one that will someday bring grief. That the full-fledged desktop computer and self-managed data center are here to stay because real industrial strength corporate computing require them. That the cost savings available from the cloud are minimal or nonexistent. And so on…

None of these claims is ridiculous. Each of them, in fact, has a lot of merit. But how many of them have lasting merit? As I listen to most critiques of the cloud I’m not sure if they’re addressing the cloud as

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