Cloud Computing is Hyped and Overblown, Forrester's Frank Gillett.....Big Tech Companies Have "Cloud Envy"

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I think a lot of security objections to the cloud are emotional in nature, it's reflexive," said Joseph Tobolski, director for cloud computing at Accenture. "Some people create a list of requirements for security in the cloud that they don't even have for their own data center."

As others pointed out, Oracle has ulterior motives in preventing adoption of cloud computing and maintaining the status quo. I answer Ellison’s questions with three very concrete things Oracle could change in the light of cloud computing on my blog: http://gevaperry.typepad.com/main/2008/09/larry-ellisons-anti-cloud-computing-rant.html

Have to disagree with these folks, cloud computing is an application of distributed computing, and along with the business model of utility computing, are extremely important developments.
Sure, there might be some overblown hype and silly hoopla. Don't let that overshadow the legitimate uses and value.

Scott, thanks for the feedback....not one of our slicker videos, david our editor will chime in -- but i shot this and kept the image wide -- david zoomed in on Final Cut and the resulting image is not as sharp as it should be. Sorry about that, but I hope the content is valuable :(

Great content, but what's with the video editing?

a) Pixelated heads look disturbing, even with your higher than average bitrate. Don't do head shots with web video.

b) Drop the slow zoom. It's a great effect when there's an attractive woman on screen, but this is a guy with a beard talking about technology. I found myself sitting further and further back as the camera started getting uncomfortably close. Are you trying to give your viewers a visceral reason to stop watching?