ITBE: Cloud Computing: The Great Disruptor
Jan 25, 2012, 12:04 (0 Talkback[s])
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"As James Maguire, senior managing editor of Datamation, put it,
'Cloud computing is the great disruptor, in both the technology
field and in business in general. ... When services are delivered
remotely, does the brand name of the vendor still matter as much?
Won't this ultimately work against the larger, entrenched vendors?
And in terms of business in general, when a smaller company can
rent a competitive IT infrastructure on an as-needed, scalable
basis, this gives them a tremendous competitive edge against larger
businesses.'
"Sean Michael Kerner, senior editor of InternetNews.com, said
the cloud 'solves cost and consolidation issues in a way that no
other IT architecture before has ever done.'"
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