VMworld Question #1: What is the cloud to you?
Cloud computing. Everyone is talking about it. You are either in it, scared of it, or trying to sell into it. Maybe your job depends on it or maybe you think it’s nothing but hype. But whatever IT is, it’s the latest fashion and we are all trying to find our size. There are about as many views of the cloud as there are people engaged in the technology, which can create a lot of ambiguity. In fact, a 2009 survey by Proofpoint Inc and Osterman Research revealed that about only half of IT managers felt like they actually understood what cloud computing meant.
So, at AMD, we’re kicking off of our “pinning down the cloud” giveaway and debate as we gear up for VMworld 2010. We’d like to know how you are getting to the root of this emerging technology and hear how you define cloud computing. And, in the coming weeks, we’ll have two more questions to discuss as we navigate the cloud. If your answer is judged and voted to be the best, you’ll win a Dell Zino HD Desktop PC with AMD Athlon 64 X2 3250E Dual-Core Processor & Windows 7 Home Premium, with an approximate retail value of $499.00. In all you will have three chances to win.
Here’s the deal:
This week’s question is: What is the cloud to you?
Here’s how you can answer (in two sentences or less):
- Post a comment on this blog
- Tweet it using the hashtag #VMworldAMD
- Post a comment on AMD’s Facebook page
- Post a comment on the VMworld 2010 Discussion Board
The five most creative, original and thoughtful responses will qualify as finalists. Finalists will be included in a poll on the AMD@Work blog the week VMworld commences, August 30, to allow our readers to determine the winner
Each week leading up to VMworld a new question will be issued (three in total), giving you more chances to win. Keep your answers concise and to the point – remember the limit is two sentences. Our goal is to get right to the heart of the issue!
For full contest rules, including how to participate, what you can win, and how your entry will be judged, please visit this page.
With that, it’s time to get thinking. Creativity encouraged.
Tracey Blanton is a Product Marketing Manager at AMD. Her postings are her own opinions and may not represent AMD’s positions, strategies or opinions. Links to third party sites are provided for convenience and unless explicitly stated, AMD is not responsible for the contents of such linked sites and no endorsement is implied.
POSTED IN: AMD Opteron, Cloud Computing, Virtualization
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The cloud is like your modern day knitting circle where everyone shares, no secrets leave the circle (that you don’t want to),& energy star scraps are used.
The cloud is an essential element of today’s society; it literally keeps the world revolving. Cloud computing is the basis of a brighter and more successful future for mankind.
The cloud is a virtual entity comprised of numerous internet resources, applications and information that can be utilized by consumers for various purposes. Its goal is to increase the efficiency of computing and reduce some of the infrastructure requirements of businesses.
To me, the cloud is a way to increase capacity, & add capabilities quickly without investing in expensive software.
Cloud computing is the evolution of our instant gratification society.
The cloud is all the goodness of OS, Application and Platform without the Hardware after taste.
Simple solution to computing problems – cloud computing. It lightens the load for your IT staff while producing real solutions that just work.
Instead of using pipes, dams, pumps, and such to move water from here to there, clouds are there to gather up and pour it down. Cloud computing is like that, but not nearly as wet.
We go to war over resources, and make peace with information, (select decrease individual resource requirements, and increase collective information to proceed.) Cloud computing is an intuitive shift in processing, by increasing the acceptable distance between the user and the function, we multiply the paths for solutions while diminishing the demand for local resource density.