UC Berkeley Lab Examines Cloud Computing Obstacles 58
alphadogg writes "UC Berkeley researchers have outlined their view of cloud computing, which they say has great opportunity to exploit unprecedented IT resources if vendors can overcome a litany of obstacles. 'We argue that the construction and operation of extremely large-scale, commodity-computer data centers at low-cost locations was the key necessary enabler of Cloud Computing,' The paper outlines 10 obstacles to cloud computing [PDF]."
Re:Okay, it's a buzzword (Score:3, Interesting)
but it's not.
Cloud still has several interpretation.
Sometimes it's data, sometimes it's cpu cycles, sometimes user connections.
Short of "Some IT stuff done someplace else."
Re:RTFA (Score:3, Interesting)
The 'cloud' is a metaphor for the Internet - not for a controlled service from Google or Amazon. 'cloud computing' is defined as software-as-a-service over the internet which means a major factor outside a controlled environ.
Berkeley, in the exec. summary says "The datacenter hardware and software is what we will call a Cloud."
Thus 'cloud' has been hijacked and redefined for purposes of... I prefer to stick to the original definition and not ignore it. Of course, by their definition, their model and their proposal fits their conclusions nicely.