Risks and issues in Cloud Computing
Bernard Golden has a two-part series on the IT Drilldown Virtualization section of CIO.com that is informative and interesting.
The two-part series, titled The Case Against Cloud Computing (Part 1 , Part 2 ), describes conversations that Golden has had with industry veterans. During these conversations, Golden picks up five main reervations that these industry veterans have against Cloud Computing. Golden writes:
There are five key impediments to enterprise adoption of cloud computing, according to my conversations. I will discuss each in a separate posting for reasons of length. The five key impediments are:
- Current enterprise apps can’t be migrated conveniently
- Risk: Legal, regulatory, and business
- Difficulty of managing cloud applications
- Lack of SLA
- Lack of cost advantage for cloud computing
Some interesting thoughts there…and I think they are all valid concerns.
Think about the “lack of SLA” concern….I’ve not run across a single cloud computing app that offers an SLA guaranteeing service, reliability, data safety or security.
Jump over and read Golden’s commentary and thoughts…some interesting stuff there.
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