The Cloud ... it's mostly vapor
Intel has announced their AppUp Hybrid Cloud for Small Business program. When I read the headline, I thought “ok, Intel is making a cloud storage gateway for small business.” Then I read the press release, and the product has little to do with cloud computing. It is an on premise, remotely-managed leased hardware and software combo.
The word “cloud” is (ab)used for everything hooked up to a network these days that I wasn’t sure what it means anymore. So to check up, I read Twenty-One Experts Define Cloud Computing and read, perhaps more importantly, What cloud computing isn’t.
