5 Myths about cloud Computing

[frank_fran]

I found some good MYTHS About cloud computing that may be useful to some.


Myth 1: The bigger the vendor, the better.
Reality: The presence of industry titans such as Amazon.com Inc., Salesforce.com Inc., Akamai Technologies, Google and Yahoo! Inc. is certainly bolstering cloud computing’s profile, especially among large enterprises. But size and brand-name power amount to very little if a vendor can’t deliver quality of service. Thomas Bittman, chief of research for Gartner Inc.’s infrastructure and operations branch, said, “Being big in the future of cloud may not be a benefit.” Take, for example, Amazon.com. Last February, Amazon S3 experienced an outage for about three hours, leaving companies worldwide without access to their stored data. So carefully consider your options and do your homework before signing on the dotted line.

Myth 2: Cloud computing heralds a revolution.
Reality: Vendors’ public relations people would have you believe that cloud computing is a revolutionary new technology. But the truth of the matter is, companies have been heading in the direction of this pay-per-service model for some time now. “Cloud computing is a natural evolution of infrastructure and application technologies,” said Bittman. SaaS (Software-as-a-Service), for example, is a type of cloud computing that delivers a single application through a Web-based browser to thousands of end users. The well-known concept of utility computing also falls under the umbrella of cloud computing, as do managed services that often entail fully outsourced network-management arrangements.

Myth 3: Only small businesses need apply.
Reality: According to Forrester Research Inc.'s report, "Is Cloud Computing Ready For the Enterprise?," “the main consumers of cloud computing are small companies and startups that don’t have a legacy of IT investments to manage.” But while cloud computing’s cost-effective model appeals to small businesses, large enterprises with well-crafted SLAs (Service Level Agreements) and mature IT teams also stand to benefit. Challenges, however, remain for today’s mid-size organizations. “There’s a huge middle market there that’s going to have a tough time using cloud,” said Bittman.

Myth 4: Everything should be in the cloud.
Reality: Trying out cloud computing doesn’t necessarily entail handing over your entire database to a third-party provider. Rather, companies can choose to farm out just bits and pieces in the same way many HR teams outsource recruiting but keep payroll processing in-house. A perfect example: The New York Times used Amazon EC2 and S3 to generate PDFs of 11 million articles in the newspaper’s archives.

Myth 5: Cloud computing is a cure-all.
Reality: As much as marketers would have you believe that cloud computing can solve all your server and storage headaches, there are still plenty of kinks to work out. For example, not all applications are ideal candidates for cloud experimentation based on their sensitivity, especially when it comes to handing over financial applications governed by strict compliance regulations. What’s more, as outlined in the Forrester report, “most cloud vendors today do not provide availability assurances. Service-level agreements are mostly nonexistent.” In other words, cloud computing can come with its fair share of downtime and is definitely not for the faint of heart.

[zombies]

is the 100 percent uptime true ore not ?

because alot of people claim it is

[BuckBennett]

Thank you for sharing the experience about the myth of cloud computing . that is very great .

[chris34]

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[sparksupport]

The myths will die-off only when you actually experience it . In our experience Amazon cloud is simply cool to work with.

cheers

[~ServerPoint~]

Myth 4: Everything should be in the cloud.
Reality: Trying out cloud computing doesn’t necessarily entail handing over your entire database to a third-party provider. Rather, companies can choose to farm out just bits and pieces in the same way many HR teams outsource recruiting but keep payroll processing in-house. A perfect example: The New York Times used Amazon EC2 and S3 to generate PDFs of 11 million articles in the newspaper’s archives.

I agree with this statement of you. A lot of people being on their start ask for VPS or even dedicated sevrer which they do not need at all.
I believe that is very important to remember about and pay as you go.

[FortressDewey]

is the 100 percent uptime true ore not ?

because alot of people claim it is

Typically speaking it is a marketing ploy. The big DC's have to be or they wouldn't be in business, however, with that stated, there are scheduled downtimes which wouldn't necessarily count against the 100% uptime.

[fcolor]

All the statements and thesis are questionable and are more related to "journalism" instead of being a technology expertise. Cloud computing and clustered technologies are the ONLY way to run trouble-free large private and public databases, in the todays Internet economy.

[stevetorres]

Cloud computing is not as insecure as it is made out to be by many DataCenters. It is just a marketing ploy for DC’s to save their business.

[fathimabegam]

yth 1: The bigger the vendor, the better.
Reality: The presence of industry titans such as Amazon.com Inc., Salesforce.com Inc., Akamai Technologies, Google and Yahoo! Inc. is certainly bolstering cloud computing’s profile, especially among large enterprises. But size and brand-name power amount to very little if a vendor can’t deliver quality of service. Thomas Bittman, chief of research for Gartner Inc.’s infrastructure and operations branch, said, “Being