Cloud be nimble, cloud be quick…..

My last blog on Amazon’s cloud mishap was certainly not intended to scare off would-be cloud customers but the episode most certainly scared some off those enterprises directly affected.  The lessons learnt for this fledgeling sector should be invaluable especially to...

Amazon's WikiLeaks actions cloud Cloud's future

Amazon’s ignominious dumping of WikiLeaks as a customer almost went unnoticed, except by myself, and a few others, including the venerable Wall Street Journal. Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security committee had contacted Amazon...

Security Clouding Cloud Future

It’s official, at least according to the latest report from Cisco, cloud computing is being held back by corporate concerns about security.  That, in itself, is no surprise but the reasons for those concerns should be. The report states that with each advance in...