One category sticks out that has yet to be addressed with a cloud service: Algorithms.
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Cloud based services are creating huge efficiency increases in cost and development. AWS did it with file storage, VPS systems, queues (and more), drop.io is doing it with media conversion and transfer, Twillio is doing it with telephony, and the list goes on.
Floyd Tucker
on Mar 26, 2010 in News & Discussion
Cloud computing is one of the most overhyped phenomena to have hit the IT industry in a long time. It is a business model that definitely has its advantages. The trouble is vendors of all sizes and stripes are so desperate for a piece of the cloud action, they are willing to blur distinctions and fudge definitions for their own ends.
Floyd Tucker
on Mar 04, 2010 in News & Discussion