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Cloud is More a Verb than a Noun
Data Center Knowledge (Oct 20 2011)
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Let me begin with an admission. Ever since Miss Jacobson’s seventh-grade English class at Lincoln Junior High School, I’ve recognized myself as somewhat challenged in the proper use of commas, adjectives, pronouns, and the general mechanics of the English written word. In fact, my constant companion is the 1971 edition of Practical English Handbook. You’d think that after all this time my command of the mechanics of the English language might have improved—and it has, a little. But I remain thankful for my reviewers (Sally and Cory) who are experts in the mechanics of the written word and often keep me from stumbling.
So having admitted one of my darkest secrets, it’s with some irony that I discuss my fifth truth of corporate cloud strategy: Cloud is a verb, not a noun.
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