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The jury is out on cloud computing cost, but seems promising

There are an increasing number of data points on the cost of cloud computing, with the most cautious from McKinsey -- details: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=16384 -- but my back of the envelope calculations here are quite compelling http://blogs.zdnet.com/Hinchcliffe/?p=194. More importantly, we're largely seeing that borne out depending on how cloud computing is applied. As just a virtualization strategy, it's certainly not that big a deal, but when the full advantages of the cloud model are pursued, then the differences stand out much more.

More importantly, I am personally witnessing the use of cloud computing technologies and providers very cost effectively with some of the companies I work with. The ROI stories are generally quite impressive and I'll be relating them here as I am able.

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Dion Hinchcliffe

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