Yan Pritzker's Blog
I’ve noticed people lately have been saying things like "I am cloud
computing because my mail is now on gmail ZOMG" - but storing your mails on
the internets is not cloud computing, it’s just online storage. Uploading
pics from your phone directly to the web is not cloud computing. Google Docs
is not cloud computing. Just storing something on the Intraweb does not mean
you’re "using cloud computing."
So stop abusing my favorite buzzword :-)
Cloud computing is a far more interesting and far reaching shift than the
ability to store your stuff ‘out there’. I think the fundamental
principle that defines cloud computing is on-demand resource provisioning.
Whether it’s storage or computing power, it means that startups no longer
have to spend money up front... (more)
Yan Pritzker's Blog
The term Cloud Computing is on the rise according to Google Trends.. But what
does it all mean? Just like "Web 2.0" it's an overloaded phrase with tons of
connotations and many attempts at definition. While perusing a cloud blog by
James Urquhart, I was inspired to try to define the term myself. So here's
what cloud computing means to me.
Here goes:
Clouds are vast reso... (more)