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Alright, I’ll do it. But do me one last favor, will you. Can you give me two hours? That’s all I ask man, just two hours to sleep before tomorrow. I suspect it’s going to be a very difficult day.

If Cloud adoption from a business perspective was easy, this blog wouldn’t exist.  Nor would the thousands of other tireless folks working on helping advance cloud standards from compliance to security to data and resource integrity.  But when these businesses who do bravely go into the new cloud world, if it’s anything less than perfect, they face criticism from the entire IT community.  Is this why we are seeing a resistance to move to cloud for many organizations?  And what does this mean for the future of the cloud industry?
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Don’t pay anybody in advance. And don’t ride in anything with a Capissen 38 engine, they fall right out of the sky.

As some of you might have read, NASA has been busy working on their own cloud project, and it’s pretty interesting to see their choices on infrastructure. Why? Simply put, they are building a brand new Web architecture that uses cloud computing, open source tools and social media. This is for not just their internal systems, but for public facing ones. This movement is part of the Open Government effort, but is it a good choice for other organizations and governments? Continue reading →