Cloud Computing
"You dont know what cloud computing is !"
Well this is the most recent entrant into the immortally mean '1000 technical insult' series.
With so much of cloud around the-cloud, it surely has become a topic of interest, "and ... by the way...we are also into cloud", is very soon going to killer punch phrase to be thrown around in those business networking meets.
Cloud Computing
The simplest of the explanation for cloud is :
For people who are aware of SaaS (Software-at-a-Service) model, wherein a user rather than buying a license to use it, gets the software from a provide on rent.
Similarity cloud is nothing but Haas (Hardware-at-a-Service) model. The proposition is simple, you dont need buy an expensive hardware to use it, just log on to the cloud service provider and make use of any machine be Linux, HPUX, Mac.
This is very attaractive to the developer community, say you want to develop an iPhone application but are hadwarely-challenged - cloud can give you the proverbial ray of light.
Big names in cloud computing is Amazon, Google, Joyent etc. To know more about you may go to any of these :
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_52/b4064048925836.htm