Interoute CTO Blasts Cloud Computing Myths
Grazed from Midsize Insider. Author: Sharon Hurley Hall.
There are many myths and misunderstandings about cloud computing, says Ping! Zine. While Gartner predicts a huge increase in takeup of cloud services this year and in the future, others are not so sure. Matthew Finnie, chief technology officer of European cloud services provider Interoute, says that overall the cloud will benefit midsized businesses and others. He sets out to dispel five of the most common myths on Ping! Zine.
Many people may feel that the cloud isn’t right for everyone, but Finnie says this stems from a misunderstanding of how the cloud works. Virtualization is already a part of many IT setups, and this just takes it one step further. The lesson for IT administrators is to check the hardware that cloud service providers are using as well as the level of privacy control the administrators will have. That also relates to the myth that the cloud can’t be trusted, rooted with providers that are secretive about how they are storing data and may be less trustworthy than those that have a transparent process, robust service level agreements, and a track record of delivering services to similar customers. This means that IT administrators need to do a lot of legwork before deciding on a suitable cloud services provider…
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