Monday, August 3, 2009

Why Washington Needs to Keep Its Eye On the Cloud

This could be the most awkward and powerful demonstration of technological incompetence that I've seen publicly professed in a long time.



Sure, surveys say lots of things. Look back to the ASP (Application Service Provider) rage that took off in the later 90s and you will see the same misguided, overblown cheerleading. The same problems that relegated ASP to a small niche business concept block it's heirs. You can change the names and the tools, but the core problems that held it down are still there. You're trying to get to them by mentioning "cyber security" - but there will always be boneheads making mistakes that will prevent ubiquitous trust in faceless corporations.



Before trumpeting some vague, revamped strategy as some sort of viable vehicle with more technological mass than marketing mass, gird yourself with more knowledge.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

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