Comments on: Cloud computing hangover
I came away from GigaOM's Structure 08 with cloud-computing overload. Just trying to define cloud computing is daunting given all the hype and companies thunderclapping.
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- by madflacker July 16, 2008 11:22 AM PDT
- Isn't cloud computing just the latest vendor product masturbation stimulus du jour? Dan, I remember seeing you moderate an "On Demand" panel at COMDEX about four years ago where the same exact concepts were being tossed about, and you were grilling an IBM exec to get more specific.
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(3 Comments)Btw: is this a "comment in the cloud"? I typed on my machine, but I didn't have to buy any CPU or extra servers ... because all the compute took place in the CNET cloud!