Compute Clouds on the Horizon: the storm is closer than you think…
In my last post, I mentioned that there are now technologies which allow data intensive applications to support global collaborative R&D operations. Like most IT things, the approach got a nickname, which stuck, and was then used in every conceivable way until nobody could say what it really meant. The nickname is ‘Cloud Computing’ and if you are in the IT business and don’t have a cloud, you must not have a marketing department!
