Age of Cloud

Andrew Milroy of Frost & Sullivan listed on his blog, Weeding the Garden, 16 key attributes of Cloud Computing. To my way of thinking - in this dawning of the Age of Cloud - very few vendors would be able to identify to all 16 attributes.

The answer is a mix of all of the above

I believe the answer is a mix of all of the above. As IT businesses - you need to choose what is right for your business model. During the Cloud is come to think of it a paradigm shift, it is as well similar to what we've been doing earlier - just in a different way.

Much the same as the term VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) previously it, Cloud is a term in other words being used in much of the IT marketing collateral you can find. It doesn't necessarily mean that you need to change your entire business to accommodate it. The view of 'adopt or be left behind' does not necessarily reign true.

My firm Paradyne is referred to as a 'born in the Cloud' partner - as we are a new IT company that has based its business model around Cloud offers.

In my opinion, we all need to adopt the Cloud as it offers great solutions that were before not as gladly available. Nevertheless in doing so we need to make sure that it fits in with our business models.

While I strongly believe that every organisation can make use of some form of Cloud research, it's important to make sure that your head isn't so far up in the clouds that you lose sight of your objective - the best solution for the customer.

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