Cloud computing will save us from the zombie apocalypse

October 31, 2012 Off By David
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Grazed from InfoWorld. Author: David Linthicum.

It’s just a matter of time before we migrate our existing IT assets to public cloud systems. Additionally, it’s a short window until the dead rise from the grave and attempt to eat our brains. In other words, "The Walking Dead" could be a documentary.

The first thing we must ask ourselves as lumbering corpses make their way to our office building: How can the migration to the cloud save us from forever roaming the earth as zombies? Here are some guidelines that should keep you safe in case of the zombie apocalypse…

Avoid the zombies by living with your data. Make your way to your cloud computing provider’s nearest data center, and live among the servers. Those data centers are built like fortresses, with armed guards who can pull off zombie-killing headshots. Also, zombies are typically not authorized to enter the building; they tend to have trouble with card readers.

As cities fall to the zombie hordes, your applications and data will automatically fail over to other cloud centers not yet infested by zombies. Let’s say the zombies take over Dallas. The cloud center there will automatically default to another cloud center that’s up and running n another region. Thus, as zombies take over cloud centers, the built-in resiliency will ensure that your critical business applications and data stores remain available online…

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