Are We Jumping Prematurely on the Cloud Computing Bandwagon?

As I write, TechCrunch has just posted updates onwill have a future it is for sure. But important thing is
Cloud Computing round table. There have beenhow the issues relating to privacy, security, reliability
presentations by industry bigwigs over future of theand accessibility of data gets addressed. We are at
Cloud. Everybody out there has gone ballistic overcrossroads today, even the cloud computing
the future of Clouds. Some were announcinground-table has thrown more questions than answers.
paradigm shift in the way computing shall be done inTime is now to get down to basics and resolve
future. Amazon, Sales-force, Google, Microsoft, andissues.
Facebook all of them want to have a pie of theThe choice will be both like software-as-a-service and
cloud computing. There were intriguing presentationsas cloud platform-as-a-service, as put in by
and a peek in to them can just give one an ideaSales-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 tonot bothered where their data is getting stored, may
tackle basic issues first. No doubt with clouds, neednot be correct. People would definitely like to
to buy dedicated server storage space will be doneunderstand and know about where their data is
away with. The computers may not be required togetting stored.
have an OS. Computers may just be a hooking upCloud 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 haveof things shaping up.
come to know, have not tackled basic issues. Clouds