Is the cloud buzz real or just a lot of hype? Media experts say both

Grazed from ZDNet. Author: Rachel King.

Cloud computing has been one of the premier buzz topics in both consumer and enterprise technology, especially over the last two years. But how much of it is real and how much is just a bunch of hype? Some technology journalists would argue it’s a little bit of both.

"Like with any other buzz word, there is some hype around it, but I do think it’s very real," said Michal Lev-Ram, a writer at Fortune during a panel discussion at Egnyte Firestorm on Wednesday afternoon. She acknowledged that some companies are slower to embrace while others do with caution, but Lev-Ram pointed towards recent acquisitions made by larger enterprise players as well as some big IPOs as evidence for the growth in this space…

Paul Taylor, a personal technology columnist at the Financial Times, predicted that within five years, we won’t talking about doubts anymore — the cloud will just be the way things are done. But Taylor did note that Europe has a slightly different perspective, being a "step behind" when it comes to embracing of open technology over concerns about privacy and where the data is stored…

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