3 types of ‘cloud experts’ that make my blood boil

Grazed from InfoWorld. Author: David Linthicum.

The use of cloud resources is basic — so basic, in fact, that it’s difficult for me to see why others find it difficult. Despite their experience and smarts, many need help, which is why I can make a living as a cloud consultant. We all win. Unfortunately, other people also hear the cloud music and want to crash the party. As the use of the cloud broadens, these party-crashers are showing up in droves, claiming they can help you implement the cloud. Watch out for these three types of self-described but woefully unqualified cloud experts.

1. The "I’ve been doing cloud for 30 years" guy

I understand that you used time-share systems back in the day, but trying to link that experience with modern cloud-based systems is flat-out ridiculous. I’m old, too. I’ve used time-share systems. They aren’t clouds. Cloud computing is about the use of granular services that are formed and reformed into solutions…

These services include storage, compute, and data. These services can be self-provisioned or autoprovisioned, and they can scale to massive loads. That’s not time-sharing, as I recall it…

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