48% Of IT Workers Don't Get "Cloud Computing"

Re:48% Of IT Workers Don't Get "Cloud Computing" by burgerbrain on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @05:04PM (#2072705)

It's just a stupid marketing term that describes things we've been doing for decades. Furthermore, the term brings with it baggage to issues that normally wouldn't be controversial or scoffed at.

Why should I "get" it?

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Re:48% Of IT Workers Don't Get "Cloud Computing" by taylorbuley on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @05:32PM (#2072835)

Two words: Network Computer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Computer

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Re:48% Of IT Workers Don't Get "Cloud Computing" by InclinedPlane on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @06:07PM (#2072967)

Indeed, "cloud computing" is so overused, misused, and overhyped that it's lost its meaning as a specific technical term. Case in point: Microsoft's bizarre "to the cloud" commercials which seem to conflate cloud computing with collaborative web applications, which is just silly.

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Re:48% Of IT Workers Don't Get "Cloud Computing" by sophacles on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @06:10PM (#2072977)

This has been going on for a very long time. Not to say you're wrong, just that MS didn't invent the conflation.

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Re:48% Of IT Workers Don't Get "Cloud Computing" by InclinedPlane on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @06:16PM (#2072999)

Certainly. But MS should know better (they have a legit (seemingly) cloud computing platform), and the degree of publicity generated for this abuse of language is troublesome. There are now millions of people who never knew about "the cloud" before and now think of it as some MS invention where you can retouch photos online. :P

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