| As I write, TechCrunch has just posted updates on | | | | will have a future it is for sure. But important thing is |
| Cloud Computing round table. There have been | | | | how the issues relating to privacy, security, reliability |
| presentations by industry bigwigs over future of the | | | | and accessibility of data gets addressed. We are at |
| Cloud. Everybody out there has gone ballistic over | | | | crossroads today, even the cloud computing |
| the future of Clouds. Some were announcing | | | | round-table has thrown more questions than answers. |
| paradigm shift in the way computing shall be done in | | | | Time is now to get down to basics and resolve |
| future. Amazon, Sales-force, Google, Microsoft, and | | | | issues. |
| Facebook all of them want to have a pie of the | | | | The choice will be both like software-as-a-service and |
| cloud computing. There were intriguing presentations | | | | as cloud platform-as-a-service, as put in by |
| and a peek in to them can just give one an idea | | | | Sales-force CEO Marc Benioff. But FriendFeed |
| about the future of computing. | | | | co-founder Paul Buchheit assertion that people are |
| But the way scenario is unfolding, we may have to | | | | not bothered where their data is getting stored, may |
| tackle basic issues first. No doubt with clouds, need | | | | not be correct. People would definitely like to |
| to buy dedicated server storage space will be done | | | | understand and know about where their data is |
| away with. The computers may not be required to | | | | getting stored. |
| have an OS. Computers may just be a hooking up | | | | Cloud computing has to first put in all the necessary |
| device. | | | | regulations in place, only then we can see some sort |
| The presentations at cloud round-table, as I have | | | | of things shaping up. |
| come to know, have not tackled basic issues. Clouds | | | | |