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UC Berkeley Lab Examines Cloud Computing Obstacles

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the just-throw-money-at-it dept.

alphadogg writes "UC Berkeley researchers have outlined their view of cloud computing, which they say has great opportunity to exploit unprecedented IT resources if vendors can overcome a litany of obstacles. 'We argue that the construction and operation of extremely large-scale, commodity-computer data centers at low-cost locations was the key necessary enabler of Cloud Computing,' The paper outlines 10 obstacles to cloud computing [PDF]."

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  1. Hmm. by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Where is Aristophanes when you need him?

  2. Re:Vaporware Alert by klock · · Score: 2, Funny

    What happens if it rains?

  3. Re:Vaporware Alert by Spazztastic · · Score: 3, Funny

    What happens if it rains?

    All of your data comes down in binary and you have to reassemble it using pen and paper.

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    Posts not to be taken literally. Almost everything is sarcasm.