Larry Ellison - What The Hell Is Cloud Computing?

[staranjela]

some really good stuff here

[xtremetom180]

very interesting video thanks

[Kg277]

When I fart in front of my computer - that's cloud computing!

[FunkyMonk811]

lmao..Larry you are so right..whats so special about cloud? Lets jump on the new band wagon

[MrShayneOneill]

haha. I'm no fan of Larry and the mess he's making of sun, but he nails it on this point.

[bannor99]

Hey Larry, try explaining computing

[msbrando]

Please, Larry Ellison and Oracle have been offering Software As a Service, means, "cloud computing" for today marketing strategy. So it is nothing new at all. I remember working in a company in late 90s and we used Oracle software and that software were in the Oracle data center.

The industry just change the term and they are selling like if they have invented technology.

This is another proof that USA is not innovating anymore.

Simple like that.

[msbrando]

Please, Larry Ellison and Oracle have been offering Software As a Service, means, "cloud computing" for today marketing strategy. So it is nothing new at all. I remember working in a company in late 90s and we used Oracle software and that software were in the Oracle data center.

When he says about "Sand Hill Road", is because it is where there are a lot of "Venture Capital Firms" and they came out with the marketing term "CLOUD COMPUTING".

Simple like that.

[Civsuccess2]

My computering in Bill Gate's computer is Cloud Computer....everyone who log on windows should sign the agreement to share computing powers over internet. Your compuater should always run at 99% capacity instead of 30%.

[jareth2472]

Wikipedia defines Cloud Computing as "the on-demand provision of computational resources (data, software) via a computer network, rather than from a local computer".

Seems pretty simple to me.

[MrGENOSTV]

Boooy , this is funny! He is trying to get this! Cloud Larry..Cloud!

[SPQV]

This is the best speech in the last 10 years. This guy should be president of the US.

[AntiFed1791]

Cloud computing = just another distraction.

[iluvgoldfrapp]

cloud computing is just the latest buzzword people can put on their resume

[LuckyStar9982]

FREAK!

[CorporateRule]

Long live Larry Ellison's Corporate Rule over the US Government's DOD.

We applaud Larry for his continued efforts to thwart bad, anti-corporate Government legislation and peruse profit through innovation and effective use of pro-corporate lobbyists in swaying Governments to side with enterprise.

We appreciate Larry Ellison for focusing on the free flow of profiteering through reduced IRS taxation for dominating global software companies.

Truly, there's no stopping Oracle now.

[Mr1LL35T]

type gift before you tube . com

[borivilli]

How is cloud computing different from network computing?

[evilsmile22]

thumbs up if you searched " what the hell"

[FalconFreek]

the Illuminati own the cloud XD

[smokenfly514]

Can someone please quickly explain the notion of cloud computing to me? I'd love to know. Thanks so much

[tachi203]

Fuk cloud computing. PEACE!

[codematrix]

As much as I don't like Larry, he's right on this one. However, CC's overal objective is to promote lower TCO. However, their comes a cost of security and control of your own data. Most banks will not allow this for Level 2-4 data. You can deploy a private cloud model but that defeats all the advantages of CC, because you now control and own the servers, thus increasing your TCO...

Personally, I think its all hype, like OO an OO database, etc....

[delafer2000]

I hate Oracle and I hate Larry Ellison. I hope Google could win a battle.

Oracle knows only one language - money.

And now they are trying to kill java platform and java based open source .

Burn in Hell, Larry Ellison...

[subway394]

@delafer2000

All companies are same - they work for their owners and shareholders. Some companies stab openly, some stab from behind.

[vseae15o]

He is one of the few CEO who still retains the ability to think.

[khwarinn2]

oh ok

[Maverick104729]

Cloud computing is about moving people and organizations to the cloud. IT services should be delivered exactly the same way as electricity from your wall sockets making it a commodity product. Which is exactly what Gmail is. Gmail is popular because people want to send messages without the need to stick an expensive messaging system into an expensive building to house all the people required to keep it running.

[skyelevator]

Well, people are starting to wave their cell phones over their grocery items to pay for them, the beginings of a wireless/cashless society so this to seems something sheeple wont mind. One benifit may be in third world countries NGO's could distribute ultra cheap "boxes" and get internet and computing power out there for people covered with flys with bloated bellies.

[kunalbabre]

I agree I think they just want to sell SaaS with different name 

[faroeseguysjoman]

go fuck yourself

[doreshabytch]

@faroeseguysjoman GO FUCK YOURSELF

[karan3366]

literally - these people who are writing this crap; are out there

[amhey1]

I remember the late Gary Kildall, when he had an operating system company Digital Research, that was bigger than Microsoft talk at a Gartner Group Conference (possibly in Houston) in the early 1980s saying "Software is like the Fashion Industry".

[PacApp5]

too bad Larry wasn't condemning the Cloud Computing side effects of privacy invasion, fee raising, and millions of people with Orwellian dependence on a central system that makes us all vulnerable in a time of war with a sophisticated country.

any thoughts on that, Larry? besides just voicing some vague concern for what... the way journalists write about it?

If I heard him correctly, he said nothing.

THIS IS A BAD IDEA.

[ChrisInAStrangeLand]

I'll give you a hint, it's Amazon EC2 and Microsoft Azure.

[4DECO1]

I like this guy. He tells it like it is.

[eaglebay65]

Larry, Larry, Larry...

You're playing with words. Good show. Ever thought of being a comedian?

Oracle is famous for using utility (cloud) computing. Afraid that you may lose a few clients using Oracle databases? This type of computing has to be called something.

[MolotovCat]

@eaglebay65 Yes, it's called the internet.

[MolotovCat]

@eaglebay65 And let me elaborate. Technically, youtube is cloud computing, since you're viewing video streamed from youtube instead of watching it locally. Any webserver is cloud computing because you're viewing the HTML served from a server rather than locally. Cloud computing = new name for internet

[rockslavesoft]

@eaglebay65 It's called a database.

[seattle0002]

Got to hand it to the man... he speaks honestly and intelligently.

[VideoGuyNC]

Cloud computing is completely networked computing. You'd buy a simple box, like your cable box, connect it to the net, and use content and programs on remote servers. This is a bad idea, because corporate America wants to own everything and rent it to us, (dollar us to death). With cloud fully implemented, corporate America would rent you your entire computing experience. You wouldn't even be able to write documents offline. You'd likely even be charged for each service you used.

[landline00]

VideoGuyNC,

And this nefarious threat comes entirely from "corporate America" and not from any corporations that exist outside the United States?

[randknu]

It's in the name, ever heard about a cloud-castle? it's the greatest building ever, but is impossible to ever build. It exists only in someones mind.

aka: it's a sales trick.

[finecutmarmalade]

but what advantages does cloud computing have for organisations with large databases?

[AbrasionUK]

Isn't the main difference the ability to kinda rent time on big powerful clouds (networks)

kinda like time-sharing with supercomputers

or am I wrong?

[CherryLugia300]

When my dad mentioned Cloud Computing to me, I instantly thought, "LOL, Cloud Strife"

[creaturez21]

Boy I sure should say, Oracle is scared of the cloud, thats why Larry is making all the noise

[JakemanTube]

why would oracle be scared?

[creaturez21]

Simply for the fact that cloud offerings are ubiquitous and mostly are open source, the route which oracle is skeptical about. As you can see they have no forward statement for Mysql or any SUN products. They would be safe with keeping status quo of computing model as it earns them more revenue and this is a fact.

[TheDutchways]

I'm an professional sales agent and selling is my profession. Communicating is one the the bigest part in my job and Larry doesn't show anything but the bigest fear a man can have. He started defending immediatly. He trying to win sympathy and uses his name. He's deffinatly fighting against it.

Larry you suck imho. Compete with your ow strength and don't act like a complete loser.

[JakemanTube]

I don't understand what you said. Can you explain better?

[TheDutchways]

Larry should laugh at others like Microsoft and not talk about them but talk about what you do best.

[swcom]

Brilliant. Love that guy.

[BigMikesChannel]

My head is in the clouds.

[JakemanTube]

my seo is in the cloud on web 2.0

[jimmyb8]

Finally, someone with clout in the IT industry is calling Cloud Computing what it really is - marketing spin without any substance.

[JakemanTube]

i'm posting to the cloud right now.

[thesenorcloud]

I love a good cloud computing debate in the morning!

[xfenwrathx]

1. larry is eccentric

2. he has a vested interest in the success of bloated ERP software

you may not like the concept of cloud computing but his arguments comparing computer terms to womens fashion is a little crazy.

read richard stallman if you want an intelligent debate on the issue (if slightly paranoid)

[thesenorcloud]

Women's Fashion Indeed. Good comment on SAS. Let's keep asking the tough questions!

Stay Safe, My Friends.

[flightofthecondor]

Larry Ellison is not against cloud computing as such but rather is mocking the hype and hullabaloo around something which has existed under different names for well over 10 years.

After all, Oracle itself is into cloud computing or what it calls "software as a service."

Larry is also against techno-determinism, such as "PCs will kill mainframe computers" or "video kills the radio star."

Well it's been over 20 years since that song came out but radio is still alive and well.

[AndresABaldrich]

He is angry because google is taking them out of industry (he said it). Bing was a fiasco and now theyre coming with an OS. If Microsoft had taken advantage of open source then there would be no chrome os.

I am an example. In my country you can live a whole month with the equivalent to 200 dollars. So I got linux for free: even the windows in compiz are better than aero.

[wdfreeman84]

Larry Ellison is the chairman of Oracle, AndrasABaldrich -- who do you think he is?

[YaikonMetal]

what the fuck am i listening to?

i dont even know how i found this.

[phabi0]

AT LAST someone who actually understands what's going on! And I don't even like Oracle! But this guy's got it right on: what is cloud computing? It's just a stupid "new" marketing concept, just as web 2.0 a few years ago. Some guy picks up something that's already happening and dub it with a fashionable magazine-selling name.

I could take the ability to play videos on the web and call it "video-driven networking" and start giving lectures on how it will kill television.

Stop being stupid!

[avisionofsorrow]

Some of you are missing the point, his amazement is partly in the fact that we've had cloud computing for a very long time now so this hysteria raving about it like it is some 'revolution' is very confusing.

I guess the cloud computing freaks want a day when every god damn thing they do is on the web and all you need is a screen and mouse + keyboard.

This won't happen in any noticeable way until net speeds are about trebled.

[geek4guitar]

You commenters don't get it. Larry is right. You ask 10 computer scientists what Cloud Computing is and you'll get 10 answers. Is it apps on the web like Google? NO THATS WEB COMPUTING. Is its Software hosted for YOU. NO that Software as a service. Is Virtualized Elastic Environments like Amazon E2C? Well Maybe but Oracle's already Doing that with Amazon. So CLOUD is a catch all for whoever wants to TWIST it to make money. Larry's right!!! as usaual.

[tmmullenhevey]

2:16 and you say Larry doesn't have a sense of humor

Humor aside, this guy can do whatever he likes. When you walk through the lobby of the headquarters in redwood shores, and you see the BMW Sauber race boat out on the dock out back, then you'll understand. If you see the "Rising Sun" then you'll REALLY understand

[braol2001]

Obviously that guy does not get it !

Chance for him...he is already rich !!!! But cloud computing could make his company collapse unless he does not adapt his business model.

Anyway, I like him very much. He was visionary by fatting the app stack before the others.

[ravi080]

he doesn't get it PLUS is not funny.. waste of time.

[mkblair7]

Read "peering into future of cloud computing" on Microsoft Research site. Microsoft would like nothing more than to charge people to rent their operating system and applications and charge a little at first and once you are locked-in and your business depends on it, to raise the rates ie hotmail was free, then they wanted to charge for extra storage, then along came gmail, now hotmail is free again (with the extra storage). whereas Amazon's EC2 cloud is customizable with no vendor lock-in.

[celebrityscience]

As a soon-to-be Sun refugee customer, I have to say I did chuckle a few times listening to this :-D

[in2mobile]

Larry Ellison is right about a lot of what he is saying in this speech. As soon as a new technology or a rehashed technology comes out people in the business arena and the computer conspiracy theoriest come out the wood works with how this new/rehashed technology is going to change the way we look at computers and possibly the world. Cloud computing is just another buzz word. Yes, it has some potential, but if the customer(s) don't care to use it, because they don't get it, then its useless.

[all028]

Yeah, I agree with your point. Back in the 90's, Larry Ellison promoted the thin client concept which was suppose to revolutionize the industry. It never took off...

[clockmeatsandwich]

You know that he is worried when he resorts to personal attacks

[rcatrino]

Only definition i found that made any sense

[TruthandJustice101]

Ellison was wrong about Java as the Microsoft killer. He was wrong to ignore the Internet for so long. And he's wrong about the major paradigm shifts.

[linuxguru1968]

CC is the end of high license fee, high maintenance in house based software system. Its the end of prepacked, per seat licensed softare on PCs. If you MS or Oracle is scary; if you are a knowledge worker its freedom from tyranny!

[mavericksf16]

He's very good!

[goblin12345678]

Cloud computing is the biggest threat to Oracle.

[cryptoadm]

Now the whole talk makes sense, Oracle is doomed.

[samann95014]

very practical thought/comment

[gundabond]

He is not Larry Ellison for sure :)

[crazywaters]

yes he is

[m00kid]

He is completely right.

[porlo]

This is the most honest comment on so called cloud computing i've ever heard. try replace "cloud computing" to sth like "grid computing", "service oriented architecture" or "software as a service"