Comments on: The New Enterprise Data Center (IBM) http://smartenoughsystems.com/wp/2008/05/20/the-new-enterprise-data-center-ibm/ Delivering competitive advantage with smarter systems through automating decisions Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:24:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dave Wright http://smartenoughsystems.com/wp/2008/05/20/the-new-enterprise-data-center-ibm/#comment-10092 Dave Wright Thu, 22 May 2008 03:21:03 +0000 http://smartenoughsystems.com/wp/?p=419#comment-10092 No new ideas here. All the pundits say get your house in order first, then move on to new and better things. From a typical users perspective, computing already is a cloud. I sit here in my hotel room, my plaptop attached to nothing but electrical power, and here are my comments appearing for others to see. I think all the people who make that possible should get some kudos now...but make sure nothing goes down! Does a user care if his system is hosted on a company computer or is actually SaasS? No... and Web 2.0 is eventually just another application, its novelty will wear off as well. I already want to know what comes after wikis and facebook... No new ideas here. All the pundits say get your house in order first, then move on to new and better things.

From a typical users perspective, computing already is a cloud. I sit here in my hotel room, my plaptop attached to nothing but electrical power, and here are my comments appearing for others to see. I think all the people who make that possible should get some kudos now…but make sure nothing goes down! Does a user care if his system is hosted on a company computer or is actually SaasS? No… and Web 2.0 is eventually just another application, its novelty will wear off as well. I already want to know what comes after wikis and facebook…

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