Cloud computing for business goes mainstream

by Tim Weber Business editor, BBC News
Cloud computing has been an information technology buzzword for many years. Now it is going mainstream. ….
But what is cloud computing? In the simplest of terms, it is IT-as-a-Service. Instead of building your own IT infrastructure to host databases or software, a third party hosts them in its large server farms. Your company has access to its data and software over the internet (which in most IT diagrams is shown as a cloud).
Cloud fans claim five key benefits:
Cheap… Quick …Up-to-date … Scaleable … Mobile …
In other words: information technology becomes a utility, consumed like electricity, water, or even outsourced HR or payroll services, says Chuck Hollis, chief technology officer at information management company EMC. This year, he exhorts companies, “is the year to get your cloud strategy together.” … Read on

DCL: but remember also a previous article!