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IDC recently reported that shipments of non-PC devices (smart phones and tablets) will outpace PC shipments within 18 months, further stating at the end of their report that, “The PC-centric era is over.” 

While watching football this weekend I was surprised to see a commercial promoting the virtues of cloud computing.  What was most interesting about the commercial was that it was not aimed as a business-to-business proposition, but rather aimed at the consumer market.  

I read a post recently…that kind of turned into a really good debate, about a system failure that effected about 50,000 travelers/customers of Australia’s Virgin Blue airlines.

Virgin Blue recently outsourced its reservation and distribution software platform to Navitaire.  Navitaire hosts that platform on their servers in a data center in Sydney.   An apparent hardware device failure caused the system outage that effect Virgin Blue airlines and its customers.

While cloud computing is continuing to gain momentum on virtually every front, especially in the SaaS area, I am still seeing some confusion or hesitancy in the market place within the buying community.

One of the biggest areas of concern for many is in the area of security in the cloud.  And like the sadistic dentist in the movie, The Marathon Man, I’ll ask again.  Is it safe…or do we need to continue drilling for the answer?

According to reports earlier this year from the Federal Reserve, non-financial companies in the U.S. are sitting on $1.84 trillion in cash and other liquid assets; which is up more than 25% from the year earlier.

Hello, and welcome to our first blog on cloud computing!

Over the course of the next several months, Sondra and I will be authoring articles, offering opinions, and hosting spirited exchanges on the topic of cloud computing.

We will be covering topics such as; what it all the fuss about?, business value of cloud computing, services that can be developed and provisioned through the cloud, concepts on the various “as a Service” models, impact on IT spending, impact on hardware and software vendors, and what opportunities might exist for IT Hardware and Software service companies vying for a piece of the cloud.