Friday, November 12, 2010

What the Cloud is NOT...

Given all the various interpretations of what exactly the cloud means, I've decided to take a different approach to articulating what the cloud is by calling out what the cloud is not! Make sense? Its kind of like the SATs when you had to pick the right antonym of a word.

If you can't buy it on your personal credit card, its not the cloud.
If there is a consultant in the room, its not the cloud.
If someone is trying to sell you hardware, its not the cloud.
If you own all the hardware its not the cloud.
If you need to install software to use it, its not the cloud.
If you can't connect to it from your own machine, its not the cloud.
If it only runs one OS, its not the cloud.
If you need to specify beforehand the number of machines you want, its not the cloud.
If you know where the machines are physically located, its not the cloud.
If you can't provision or de-comission in less than 10 mins, its not the cloud.
If there is no API, its not the cloud.

What do you think? Did I miss anything?

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