Cloud Control

update On 17 February, at noon, ZDNet Australia will present a live TechLines broadcast on cloud computing, and what the concept will mean to Australian businesses and government.

Featuring a panel of cloud computing specialists from the likes of Microsoft, IBM and Ovum, this discussion will delve into the issues and challenges organisations face as they attempt to determine how they might benefit by moving aspects of their business into the cloud.

The panel will as well examine the stages of business evolution organisations needed to go through to become "cloud ready" and look at important issues just as data security and service reliability.

It is great embracing NEW futuristic ideas, nevertheless can we grow our companies while these G.F.C. conditions&risk approaching NEW clients with SMS type twitter communications?

Publish/subscribe mechanism is complimentary to

Surely social networking as a publish/subscribe mechanism is complimentary to, not a replacement for, direct peer-to-peer communication over email?

Most businesses have a central knowledge database pulled from an email system. How do you forsee the future of business capability in this area?

Do you actually think Email is dead? Email is a major marketing tool for Business . The social networking platforms are not being taken seriously

How can you talk business in 140 characters?

How can you talk business in 140 characters? How can you conduct business on someone else's wall? How can you CC and BCC? You can't.

I think the Windows Live concept is going to have a huge impact on business processes and communication. I use Messenger and Skype all day.

How would social media/twitter be able to replace the ability to send and share important business documents henceforth?

with all the privacy concerns surronding social networking how can twitter and facebook become a effective means of formal communication within business.

Saver of time

Is email or other electronic communication a saver of time, effort and resources or waster considering the high liklihood of misunderstanding by the receiver?

What is going to replace it - vis - how did you obtain this communication? The Big Q is how to establish some security betweenusers?

Education Department blocks Social Networks and I encourage that stand. Adele when does Australia get the Blackberry Torch?

Can we keep social networks separate from business networks? The corporation wants us to from fear of hacking? How do we integrate the two?

Other media can be faster/more visual, and is fine for personal use, written and retained records for business mean email will stay alive for sometime?

What will be the straightway "big thing" in social media that businesses will be able to take advantage of and what risks will this bring?

Most commercial email system licensees manage email content security in-house, however social networking is as a general rule hosted, so how does business manage new commercial risks?