2013: The Year of Mass Cloud Computing Extinctions

Grazed from CMSWire. Author: Tom Petrocelli.

Cloud computing provides tremendous value for businesses of all types. But as we can see from the number of products that shut down in 2013, it isn’t all a silver lining. Cloud applications, platforms and infrastructure offers a more flexible and agile IT environment, whether a large enterprise or a company that falls into the small-medium enterprise category.

Cloud computing allows companies to use their capital for creating business value rather than having it tied up in expensive data centers. Another way to look at cloud computing is that it doesn’t force an organization to be in the business of data centers unless that is its actual business…

A Look at the Products We Lost

There is a dark lining, however, to the silver cloud. When an organizations deploys a cloud solution it relinquishes control of the computing environment to a third party — the cloud vendor. Most of the time that works out fine, but not always. Sometimes, the vendor will discontinue the cloud product or even go out of business with very short notice. A sudden shutdown can happen to any cloud vendor of any size at any time. Even major software companies can shut down a service, sometimes abruptly…

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