by Joe Gleinser
22. September 2009 16:22
The co-founder and CEO of Oracle carries a lot of weight in many tech circles. An event last night at Silicon Valley's renowned Churchill Club saw Ellison again downplay the importance of "cloud computing." This is not the first time Ellison has been so bold. His point is consistent - cloud computing encompasses a wide variety of solutions that are already in use.
It feels like cloud computing has accelerated in deployment so quickly for this very reason. Solutions that were previously hosted, managed, Saas, etc are now grouped together under a "cloud" moniker. The real opportunity, that has preceded "cloud" systems, is the shift from fixed costs to variable costs in IT budgets. For many organizations this improves their flexibility tremendously.