Several hours of my life Tuesday night were spent with my head in the clouds. I was attending the “un-conference” conference on cloud computing dubbed CloudCamp in Indianapolis. The interesting discussion – generated around topics such as the very definition of the cloud and even the appropriateness of its use for various implementations or components – got me thinking about what is available and what is still missing from existing frameworks.
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Oct 21 2009
IT spending back in the clouds for 2010?
David Cearley of Gartner is reporting that IT spending will rebound from 2009 levels in the coming year. However the increased spending will only recover about half of the 2009 decline. I think that the interesting thing is where that money is thought to be headed. Cloud computing is now number 1 on the list of “Top 10 Strategic Technology Areas for 2010″.
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