Cloud Computing: Suicide?

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Permalink Reply by Rob Lambert on October 16, 2009 at 6:25pm

What research?
What vulnerabilities?
What cloud? The internet? or hosting applications in the cloud? I'm assuming the latter from the title.
Why do you believe it would be company/brand suicide to host in the cloud? All companies and brands have websites - are they all destined for the end too?

We have some good experience of "the cloud" and I might be able to help you but I'm not 100% sure what you are asking, might be worth clarifying your point.

Thanks
Rob..

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Permalink Reply by Savitha on October 16, 2009 at 7:43pm

Thanks Rob for the reply. First, let me agree I have not presented the topic properly.

I was talking about diving into cloud computing; irrespective of its benefits, i feel there are lot of serious concerns, which should not be overlooked.

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Permalink Reply by Rob Lambert on October 16, 2009 at 8:39pm

Hi Savitha,

There are indeed some very serious concerns, but there are also some very serious benefits.

I'd be interested to know the concerns you believe there are (and any benefits) about cloud computing.

Thanks
Rob..

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Permalink Reply by Pradeep Soundararajan on October 17, 2009 at 10:18pm

You still havent answered 2 question Rob asked: What research? What vulnerabilities?

"95% of the statistics are made up at the moment of saying it" - from Turning Numbers into Knowledge, Jonathan G Koomey.

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Permalink Reply by Michel Kraaij on October 17, 2009 at 11:20pm

So that one was too? :)

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Permalink Reply by Rob Lambert on October 17, 2009 at 11:24pm

50% of people knew it was made up :)

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Permalink Reply by Pradeep Soundararajan on October 18, 2009 at 9:53am

:) I didnt make it up, it just arrived at me"

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Permalink Reply by Mohinder Khosla on October 19, 2009 at 5:21pm

This technology has gained popularity in a recession hit economy in recent years but the subject is far from controversy and it is sensitive and touchy for many reasons. As always, this emerging technology presents certain risks, and it could open an organization to security vulnerabilities and threats (so they say). With the technological innovation expect a technological glitch, which means stored data may not be perfectly safe. The latest threat to its progress is the legality of the cloud computing itself. There are legal impediments due to the EU data protection directive that states ‘in the absence of specific compliance mechanisms, the EU prohibits the transfer of personal information of EU residents out of the EU to the US and the vast majority of countries around the world.’

One thing you have to believe is that the benefits of cloud computing are changing our perception towards IT outsourcing for development, testing, and production. Our current skills, processes, and projects seem to flow naturally to a cloud environment with few obstacles to impede the adoption of the cloud model for production. The people who are holding us back are some practitioners and the media that have taken the high ground on the potential security issues of virtualization as the cloud brings with it an extra layer of additional security considerations. This additional security isn’t necessarily scary or complicated but trust in the security of cloud computing is the number one enemy to its growth.

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