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To cloud or not to cloud, that is the question

Monique Pronk  |  21 Mar 2011, 05:04 PM
Comments: 5

Cloud computing is no new concept in the IT industry but it would seem that one single definition is still yet to be established. Nodreen Kiwanuka, one of Metia's Account Executives, shared this great 5 minute video which breaks cloud computing down into layman terms.

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We agreed that the IT industry is still defining cloud computing but that the most more digestible definition was that "cloud computing is putting more of your material out there and less on PCs and servers". Nodreen even found a visual to explain cloud computing for me:

= not cloud computing

Nodreen explained that “instead of storing all of your everyday programs and documents on clunky servers below the office IT department in the basement, an organisation could store this online which makes it easily accessible for all”. She pointed out that "cloud has faced opposition especially on the security front, with growing concerns around ‘loss of control over data’ and privacy with information being so easily accessible".

On the plus side, Nodreen said that "the growth of cloud adoption will almost certainly evoke a bout of fierce competition between major providers  of cloud services, essentially creating a great deal of variety when it comes to both different cloud structures and increasingly robust security offerings. Aside from the reduced IT costs, scalability, improved disaster recovery and data backup, collaboration across devices and the world….frankly, you’re saving the environment”. Therefore, "to cloud" seems to be the answer to this question.

5 Comments:

  1. 22 Mar 2011, 03:08 PM Anonymous wrote:
    An interesting video but it only really explains one aspect of 'cloud computing' I have used the following video in the past when trying to explain the concept of people; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okqLxzWS5R4 it's 15mins long so grab a tea (or hot water) before you watch it but it's very good, and contains kittens!
  2. 23 Mar 2011, 12:08 AM Anonymous wrote:
    Great peice, Cloud computing has been around for a long time, if you Business is not in the cloud, you need to get with the program and stop fiddling with Servers, RAM, Comms Rooms and PCs that aint supposed to be Servers. I guess the superior benefits for the Businesses are in collaboration (CRM & File Sharing), security and disaster recovery. Check this, back in the day you had a Server/PC with your Company docs, Email, Website and so on, under some ones desk or basement. If it went down for the day (broke), you’d spend the rest of the day chatting or hangin (no g) out in the smoking room (Back in the day). Not any more, with the Cloud they simply pull your back up down, and your back online. These days it happens so often some times your hosting provider will never even tell you. Security in the Cloud is a no brainer, for instance you’ve got your old PC under a desk, or in a make shift Comms room in the basement (even though a lot of the UK is in flood plane territory). All you have to do is give one your least favourite employees their P45 and they’ll pull the plug for you. Today Security is far better than it was a few years ago and guess what? All your banking, Tax, NHS records are now in some sort of cloud, whether closed or open. If you’re using security as an excuse, your lying to yourself. Did I mention, that working from home is now a real cost effective option?
  3. 23 Mar 2011, 01:55 AM Anonymous wrote:
    Nodreen has articulated some of the high level benefits of cloud computing very well. Nice video.
  4. 24 Mar 2011, 04:10 PM john wrote:
    Love the video. Nice work!
  5. 29 Mar 2011, 09:37 AM Anonymous wrote:
    digestible, clear and informative. Pros communicated clearly so now I'm going to our IT Manager to find out if we're in the sky or in the basement. I'll show him this video too !!

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