Roundup: Cloud Computing Links

• The current hot topic is cloud “lock-in.” The discussion was started by Tim Bray ^[1] of Sun, who said Amazon Web Services and Google App Engine are locking in users. “I’m simply not interested in any cloud offering at any level unless it offers zero barrier-to-exit,” Tim wrote, prompting a response in the comments from Google’s DeWitt Clinton ^[2]. That in turn prompted a post from Dare Obasanjo ^[3] at Microsoft. Discussion subsequently broke out at The Inquisitr ^[4], Bob Warfield ^[5] and others ^[6].
• Will the global economic crisis depress pricing of online cloud/SaaS services? Salesforce.com thinks so ^[7].
• Lydia Leong points to a series of blog posts by IDC ^[8] summarizing the research firm’s thoughts on cloud computing, including three posts about user data.

About Rich Miller ^[9]

Rich Miller is the founder and editor-in-chief of Data Center Knowledge, and has been reporting on the data center sector since 2000. He has tracked the growing impact of high-density computing on the power and cooling of data centers, and the resulting push for improved energy efficiency in these facilities.

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[1] Tim Bray: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2008/10/14/Cloudy-Times

[2] DeWitt Clinton: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2008/10/15/Zero-Cloud-Lockin

[3] Dare Obasanjo: http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/2008/10/19/CloudComputingAndVendorLockIn.aspx

[4] The Inquisitr: http://www.inquisitr.com/5648/is-that-cloud-turning-into-a-minefield/

[5] Bob Warfield: http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2008/10/19/amazon-cloud-lock-in-or-no-lock-in/

[6] others: http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=cloud+lock-in&btnG=Search+Blogs

[7] Salesforce.com thinks so: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/101708-economic-woes-may-lower-saas.html?fsrc=rss-datacenter

[8] series of blog posts by IDC: http://blogs.idc.com/ie/?p=189

[9] Rich Miller: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/author/richm/

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