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Are You Hip Enough for Cloud, Grid, and Utility Computing?
By Joseph Hunkins at June 10, 2008 0 CommentsKeeping up with the lingo alone has become a challenge as changes in the global computing infrastructure bring an entirely new approach to managing both enterprise and personal computing.
Writing over at SOA World, Michael Sheehan has a great piece comparing the differences and similarities of Grid, Cloud, and Utility Computing - terms that are often used interchangeably and in different ways.
There seems to be a lot of debate as to what Grid computing really is. In fact, the blogosphere seems to be throwing around terms like Grid, Cloud, Utility, Distributed and Cluster computing almost interchangeably. And rather than clarifying things, I feel that the waters are just getting muddier.
Surprisingly, he suggests that the term “cloud computing” is on it’s way out because it is too ambiguous where I’d suggest this concept is appealing partly becuase it is vague, and more importantly has enough catchy buzz that the term “cloud computing” will actually come to replace all the others, with distinctions made after vendors have offered a “cloud computing model” to customers.
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