SOURCE:Â InformationWeek
“Cloud” is on my mind, and not just because I’m cleaning up in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene along with everybody else in the Northeast.
Vendors big and small are trying to make “cloud” a household word. For the most part, such hype seems to be falling flat. Microsoft’s commercials declaring “to the cloud” are generally met with puzzled looks by anyone outside of IT. (As if moving to the cloud were the end game!)
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