Jan
04
2011
Contractors with umbrella companies told definition of 'cloud computing'
Posted by John Crawley
Cloud computing has been explained to company umbrella contractors as "a natural evolution of virtualisation, service-oriented architecture and utility computing" by one expert.
Dr John Bates, the chief technology officer of Progress Software, gave the definition after he found that around 60 different statements have been given to him on the actual meaning of the cloud in the past year.
However, he believes that until a true understanding of cloud computing is acknowledged by those with umbrella companies, the true advantages of the technology will fail to be realised.
Mr Bates explained: "Only when cloud technology is fully deployed in the enterprise space in 2011 will organisations start to witness the cost-saving benefits."
Recently, Clodagh Murphy, director at Eclipse, pointed out that small businesses are failing to invest in cloud services, as they do not understand the true benefits that they could offer.
However, the Centre for Economics and Business Research revealed that if the five largest economies continue to invest in cloud computing to expected levels, then €177.3 billion (£148.7 billion) per year could be generated by 2015.
Cloud computing has been explained to company umbrella contractors as "a natural evolution of virtualisation, service-oriented architecture and utility computing" by one expert.
Dr John Bates, the chief technology officer of Progress Software, gave the definition after he found that around 60 different statements have been given to him on the actual meaning of the cloud in the past year.
However, he believes that until a true understanding of cloud computing is acknowledged by those with umbrella companies, the true advantages of the technology will fail to be realised.
Mr Bates explained: "Only when cloud technology is fully deployed in the enterprise space in 2011 will organisations start to witness the cost-saving benefits."
Recently, Clodagh Murphy, director at Eclipse, pointed out that small businesses are failing to invest in cloud services, as they do not understand the true benefits that they could offer.
However, the Centre for Economics and Business Research revealed that if the five largest economies continue to invest in cloud computing to expected levels, then €177.3 billion (£148.7 billion) per year could be generated by 2015.