Cloud Computing Driven By Business,
Not Just the IT Industry!
Normally the push comes almost exclusively from IT companies. The IT Companies drive changes in technology despite unwilling users.
This time the push for IT change is coming as much from users as it is from the IT Industry.
Small businesses and users alike are keen on Cloud Computing as they wrongly perceive that it makes computing simpler. It doesn’t!
If anything there is a case for saying that locating applications and data on a range of different servers away from the users’ office in different hosting center’s is more complex.
IT Support Companies Manage Computer Complexity issues.
Cloud Computing doesn’t reduce the complexity of IT, but it does hide complexity from users, and computer users find that compelling.
I have spoken to businesses who think that because their servers are not in the office it will all work perfectly all of the time. Clearly that is not the case,
But business users really do want the server out of their office.
I’ve been extremely surprised at just how much companies want to be rid of their servers.
It misleads them into thinking that there is no complexity because they can’t see the server’s.
Out of sight out of mind!
Cloud Computing Is Still in its Infancy!
We are still at its early adopter stage. As a result it is not available “out of the box” and it will not be as reliable or user friendly as users expect.
In the future it will be!