Re:Why Cloud is Like Email in the 1980's
by j_baker on Saturday May 14, 2011 @10:48AM
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I don't get the analogy. Why do clouds need to be interconnected in some way they aren't now?
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You could build an infrastructure across multiple clouds. When AWS went down your software would automatically fire up more instances on GAE or Rackspace Cloud to replace it. A complex layer of software that knitted everything together would result in a large increase in reliability.
How is that not possible today?
It could be 'serverside' rather than 'clientside'.
As in, sure you can connect the AIM and MSN chat networks, but you yourself have to run a server to connect the two.
Currently one also has to have migration functionality written by themselves. Instead, amazon could provide it, just like AIM could provide an MSN gateway themselves.
Re:Why Cloud is Like Email in the 1980's
by gallerytungsten on Saturday May 14, 2011 @11:24AM
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Presumably, Cerf is talking about being able to use different cloud service providers as "parts" in assembling a larger whole.
Cerf's comments suggest an opportunity for someone to assemble a "meta cloud" cloud service which provides this type of interconnection and interoperability.
Such a service would have a limited lifespan, as eventually one of the major cloud operators would acquire it, or build the same functionality.