3ruce’s Blog

These are my links for November 27th

• Cloud definitions and economics | Irregular Enterprise | ZDNet.com - If cloud computing is to be the business success so many in the industry anticipate, then as a buyer, my primary concern must be to know that my providers will be there in 5, 10 and 15 years’ time. All the evidence I’ve seen so far suggests it requires companies capable of making massive investments to develop a viable cloud based ecosystem. I’d rather pay a wee bit more now to ensure vendor survival than be lured into what often seems like a race to the bottom on pricing in the deluded expectation that somehow it will all work out.