Fast- Growing Cloud Computing Market Under Threat, BSA Reports

sahara_mafia · Feb 22, 2012, 04:22 PM

Japan leads the world in cloud computing readiness with Australia in second place, but most Asia Pacific economies have more work to do to ensure its preparedness, a first-of-its-kind study by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) found.
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BlueMak · Feb 22, 2012, 07:32 PM

How can so many people trust cloud computing for anything but the most trivial is something I still find shocking.

The Captain · Feb 23, 2012, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueMak

How can so many people trust cloud computing for anything but the most trivial is something I still find shocking.

Because it's cheap and flexible.

Trust is a big issue, though. Governments and cloud providers need to provide and support strict privacy policies which prevent governments from obtaining data in the cloud without a warrant. Right now, I think the US government can get around this in some way or another.

IvanV · Feb 23, 2012, 04:05 PM

Cheap? I find that, in general, subscription based services often tend to have higher total cost of ownership than pay-once alternatives, so that's something that needs looking into on a case by case basis in my opinion.

Also, apart from trust (like that's a small thing), there's the issue of reliability. You do something yourself, it can fail, but you control the odds (redundancy etc). Cloud on the other hand, while ideal in this matter in theory, leaves you only the option of praying that something bad doesn't happen. When people first started talking about it, they said that "cloud" meant more than just a web based service and talked about impossibility of failure, among other things, with redundant servers on independent locations around the globe. In practice, that's not true and we've seen even the biggest players, such as Amazon, being completely knocked out.

So the only thing cloud has going for it at the moment is the hype and the "don't worry, be happy" idea it sells to the people keen on washing their hands of responsibility for their own IT infrastructure.

The Captain · Feb 23, 2012, 04:34 PM

I agree that the Cloud isn't a one-size-fits-all solution to any imaginable problem, but it does have its advantages in certain circumstances. For example, if I have a highly-variable workload, it might be faster and cheaper to have a cloud handle it, which can expand the number of machines dynamically on the fly, rather than managing a bunch of hardware yourself. On the other hand, though, if your workload is pretty stable, it might be better to use simple hosting services or internal hardware.

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BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,481 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Re: Fast- Growing Cloud Computing Market Under Threat, BSA Reports How can so many people trust cloud computing for anything but the most trivial is something I still find shocking. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Feb 23, 2012, 04:05 PM	#4
IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,919 Rep Power: 336 System Specs	Re: Fast- Growing Cloud Computing Market Under Threat, BSA Reports Cheap? I find that, in general, subscription based services often tend to have higher total cost of ownership than pay-once alternatives, so that's something that needs looking into on a case by case basis in my opinion. Also, apart from trust (like that's a small thing), there's the issue of reliability. You do something yourself, it can fail, but you control the odds (redundancy etc). Cloud on the other hand, while ideal in this matter in theory, leaves you only the option of praying that something bad doesn't happen. When people first started talking about it, they said that "cloud" meant more than just a web based service and talked about impossibility of failure, among other things, with redundant servers on independent locations around the globe. In practice, that's not true and we've seen even the biggest players, such as Amazon, being completely knocked out. So the only thing cloud has going for it at the moment is the hype and the "don't worry, be happy" idea it sells to the people keen on washing their hands of responsibility for their own IT infrastructure. __________________ If anyone has Portal 2 and hasn't played the co-op and wants to do me a favour, let me know (PM me or whatever).

Feb 23, 2012, 04:34 PM	#5
The Captain HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 210 Rep Power: 61	Re: Fast- Growing Cloud Computing Market Under Threat, BSA Reports I agree that the Cloud isn't a one-size-fits-all solution to any imaginable problem, but it does have its advantages in certain circumstances. For example, if I have a highly-variable workload, it might be faster and cheaper to have a cloud handle it, which can expand the number of machines dynamically on the fly, rather than managing a bunch of hardware yourself. On the other hand, though, if your workload is pretty stable, it might be better to use simple hosting services or internal hardware.