Not Everything Will Move To The Cloud

Forbes.com (Jan 4 2010) Cloud Computing

1. When Rackspace opened for business at the end of the last century, people thought it was a wannabe Electronic Data Systems. Since then it has evolved into one of the largest cloud operations on the planet with an estimated 60,000 servers and data storage that is increasing by a mind-boggling 1 petabyte a month. So what better place to look at how data management is changing? Forbes caught up with John Engates, Rackspace's chief technology officer, to talk about the evolution and where things are likely to go in the future. Article Controls EMAIL PRINT REPRINT NEWSLETTER COMMENTS (1) SHARE YAHOO! BUZZ Forbes: How has your business model evolved? Engates: In the early days, most people thought that if you needed a server, you rented a rack, installed your server and managed it. We said it could be easier than that. Just pay a monthly fee. Back in ... (Read Full Article)

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