Verizon too wants a piece of that Cloud!
By Tarry Singh at 18 February, 2009, 2:06 pm
Well who doesn’t– its just that not many people are really able to understand the fundamental principles of cloud.
“Overflow” computing requirements, such as the need to ramp up e-commerce capability during the Christmas holiday shopping season traditionally has been cited as an application such on-demand access to computing utilities can address. The weaker economy should make the concept more appealing as well.
The new service, expected to be used primarily by enterprise customers, has been under construction for some time, as Verizon Business (News - Alert) executives had talked about it in the summer of 2008.
In many ways, the move validates cloud computing. As often happens, innovations in the communications business are pioneered by “outsiders” and then adopted by large communications providers once demand is proven. Recently, one saw the pattern with dial-up Internet access and broadband Internet access, for example. We also might be on the cusp of seeing something similar happen with content delivery services.
Verizon’s move suggests that firm now sees utility computing as a solid business idea, even though it has been pioneered by the likes of Google,IBM ( News - Alert), Microsoft and Amazon.com.
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