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Since a while ago the most important Internet companies have started talking about “Cloud Computing“, as a fundamental part of their strategies. Amazon also brought us its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service… and even the biggest publications have started featuring the term, like BusinessWeek, with an impressive coverage…

• How Cloud Computing Is Changing the World
• Computing Heads for the Clouds
• Google and the Wisdom of Clouds

… while others have also warned us about it, like The Guardian, The BBC and The Register:

• Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder Richard Stallman
• Storm warning for cloud computing
• Cloud computing: A catchphrase in puberty

But… What is Cloud Computing?

According to Wikipedia:

“Cloud Computing is a paradigm in which information is permanently stored in servers on the Internet and cached temporarily on clients that include desktops, entertainment centers, table computers, notebooks, wall computers, handhelds, sensors, monitors, etc.”

Here is a compilation of useful resources explaining more about the concept, services and importance of Cloud Computing:

• Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing
• How Cloud & Utility Computing Are Different
• Inside the Cloud: 9 Sectors to Watch
• What cloud computing really means
• What is Cloud Computing (Video)
• Cloud Computing - Disruptive Innovation & Enabling Technology (Presentation)

And now that you already know what it is and have taken a look at different opinions… What do you think about Cloud Computing?

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