Cloud Computing is Hyped and Overblown, Forrester's ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- While cloud computing is bringing enormous power to large and small organizations, the hype around the trend is "over blown," says Forrester VP and Principal Analyst Frank Gillett. I interviewed him on Wednesday afternoon on the MIT campus.

He told me that the whole movement has lead to "cloud envy" with companies branding existing services by "cloud washing" -- using "cloud spray," he says.

Earlier this month he published a report on the subject.

Seems like Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is one of big skeptics over the cloud gazing, as Dan Farber over at CNET News.com writes tonight. Dan moderated a panel on cloud computing earlier this week at Technology Review EmTech conference.

Larry Dignan at ZDNet wrote earlier this month that cloud computing as a term has become meaningless.

-- Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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[Boolai]

Bad idea. If you have a business you should be knowledgeable enough to store your own data.

[TheSellexProject]

Cloud computing is scary when, currently, software industry doesn't license professional engineers. There is nothing stopping tech companies from picking people off the street to create 'secure' cloud services which provide data storage for your sensitive information. And in the end when you lose data, not a single developer will be responsible for theiry shitty work. I'm sorry but the industry isn't ready for this unless it has people who know what they're doing.

[squirrelchaser2840]

great video!

[f00dl3]

Quit falling for the rent to own society and take CONTROL of your money, let it go to purchasing things that you can use forever - not just on 3 computers. We all know computers usually only last 2 to 3 years anyway. In all honesty all it takes is a few viruses and you could pay for $500 worth of music on iTunes and it won't even play in 3 years because you no longer have a license for it. Now THAT'S fu*ked up!

[702dirtrider]

@Boolai I agree

[thesenorcloud]

Thanks for the video. There is no doubt -- it is very interesting. Stay safe, my friends.

[icommand]

well.I think all approaches have pros and cons..

u win some loose some..none is the ultimate solution..we are all evolving..mainframe leads to client server leades to cloud...maybe leads to space computing next...haha..

[psevetson]

Have to say I think the title is entirely inappropriate. The commentator does use that phrase, but only at the end, having spent nearly the whole video talking about the potential application and markets for Cloud. Okay, it won't grow as fast as the hype. Few things do. It's clear that it _will_ grow and represents real opportunity for small and midsize companies.

[dxldoodz]

thanks for this