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IT Analyst Dan Kusnetzky Talks about Cloud Computing and Cloud Hype (Video)

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the the-more-the-buzzwords-chaange-the-more-things-stay-the-same dept.

Dan Kusnetzky and I started out talking about cloud computing; what it is and isn't, how "cloud" is often more of a marketing term than a technical one, and then gradually drifted to the topic of how IT managers, CIOs, and their various bosses make decisions and how those decisions are not necessarily rational. What you have here is an 18-minute seminar about IT decision-making featuring one of the world's most experienced IT industry analysts, who also writes a blog, Virtually Speaking, for ZDnet.

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  1. The most important fact to know ....... by sgt_doom · · Score: 2

    ....about cloud computing is that Deutsche Borse is opening a Cloud Exchange, in a few months, to essentially commodify cloud computing, which would allow the same activities to take place as those oil/energy and other commodity exchanges: speculate prices upwards, various financial manipulation, etc.

    http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/04/deutsche-borse-to-open-cloud-exchange/

    The super-rich want to extract every last drop from us, including exerting control over the Web.

    1. Re:The most important fact to know ....... by mechtech256 · · Score: 2

      You honestly think that's the result of a commodity exchange? Lots of PC components are commoditized, like RAM/Flash and practically all of the cheaper components like voltage regulators. Deutsche Borse doesn't want to further a conspiracy, they want to make some profit from transaction fees. As for the actual premise, that's pretty interesting! For one, that would mean that all systems on the market would need to be interoperable. As in one day you could buy your cloud power from one provider, and the next day you could put up a bid and get it filled by another who would do the exact same job on the same code, transparently. This would be impossible for the major players in the cloud market as they're all on vastly different platforms and can't take the same jobs. Either the announcement is sensationalized and it won't actually be a "commodity" exchange, or it's going to be a fairly empty market.

  2. Don't reference Dilbert. If you must, get it right by they_call_me_quag · · Score: 5, Informative

    I stopped watching after three minutes.

    The first two minutes were like "Cloud computing for kindergartners". In minute three he referenced a Dilbert comic, which is bad. He got the reference wrong, which is even worse. (Here's the comic in question for anyone who still cares about Dilbert: http://dhansen.cs.georgefox.edu/~dhansen/Classes/DBMS/sqldb.gif)

    Perhaps this fellow had some brilliant stuff to say in minutes 4-18.... perhaps not.

  3. XKCD reference? by Demonoid-Penguin · · Score: 2
    Funniest cloud joke I could find :D

    Man reveals the simple truth about Cloud Computing!
    Marketing and Sales hate him.

    I wonder is one of his "major" clients enjoys his sense of humour...