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Nancy Kramer

Excellent post. I am looking at cloud computing for some new projects I am doing. Since I am self funded it is definitely the way to go.

Megan Cunningham

Peter, you make some thought-provoking points. But in my experience there's still a significant gap in the enterprise between the avg TDM and BDM's knowledge base. Until the bean counters understand the economics of deployment --and what is gained, what is lost, and where the cloud can be utilized for optimal performance, while still ensuring security-- I think it's a tough sell in the enterprise. Too murky, frankly, for most biz folks to trust. My prediction: this disruption will happen, but adoption will occur at a glacial pace.

>Google Apps is a free developer sandbox for web apps...

I would cite the RIA technologies (Expression Blend, Silverlight, WPF, AIR, Flex, etc) as a far more important market accelerant, given the seismic shift in global ad dollars from print & bcast to web and mobile. You forget: top developers are not all launching startups; most are expecting phat paychecks, and long vacations; the agencies are the ones that are paying. And their clients need to hear the sizzle* before they order the steak.

* ajax-y apps, FB widgets, and post-viral, media-driven web apps and -god help us- microsites...

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