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The Three "Itys" of Cloud Computing

Everyone's talking about cloud computing and cloudware (applications in the cloud) services and pointing to the hiccups of several major cloud providers already this year. Reliability, availability, and security are still major concerns, and yet some reports indicate these three "itys" aren't impeding adoption of cloud computing models at all.

Applications, whether in the cloud or in the corporate data center, are still delivered via a network. It is more often than not that the network is at the heart of both the successful and the unsuccessful deployment of applications.

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Bursting the Cloud

The appeal of cloud computing is, in part, due to its obfuscated nature. The underlying delivery infrastructure is hidden in "the cloud" and can therefore largely be ignored by consumers - whether individuals or organizations.

Or can it?

 

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