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Cloud computing is one of the most overhyped phenomena to have hit the IT industry in a long time. It is a business model that definitely has its advantages. The trouble is vendors of all sizes and stripes are so desperate for a piece of the cloud action, they are willing to blur distinctions and fudge definitions for their own ends.

Their headlong pursuit has saddled cloud computing with so many misconceptions that it is sometimes difficult for customers to make informed business choices. ZDNet UK has looked at the most common myths, and debunks five of them here.

Check out this interesting article talking about cloud computing. It’s always good to see what people are thinking about and saying about the latest platform/way of doing things. I remember the same being said about virtualization. Cloud is certainly not for everyone, there might be operational, security or legislative reasons why you provision and support your applications, your IT infrastructure. However, elements of the cloud concept can transform the way your internal IT can operate, having a storage cloud, a VMware cloud or Citrix cloud, where IT provisions the infrastructure and grows with the demands of the business can be a liberating experience to the business users. Instead of how many cpus and gigabytes do you want we can switch to a more business aligned model, “how many users are tier1, how long will they use the system… the cost per user is…”.

Cloud like virtualization is very much what you make of it for your business, whether you’re thinking big in storage or cpu cloud scenarios with huge capacities, or a small business that needs a backup solution, buying in just what you need through a cloud platform or a traditional backup solution could be ideal. It all depends on your exposure to risk, to doing things differently, or your internal standards – that amazon can provide the functionality you need is fine, but does that work within how you do IT, how you do business?

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