Ed, > > Heck, neither do I, really, because my view of how "virtual conferencing > > using the cloud" actually works is conceptual and fuzzy. I wonder, for > > example, if realtime presence is required or can people be off-line and > > catch up in their own time. > > Again, you're confusing the infrastructure with the > applications that can run on that infrastructure. Any app can > run on dedicated servers located on your company site, or on > a nebulous network of cloud computing devices; that's why I > can now run the software for ProFox in the cloud without you > noticing anything. But the difference is that if a site gets > super-popular (say, slashdotted or mentioned on Oprah), your > on-site system can't instantly expand to handle the load, > whereas with the cloud it can. To handle peaks like that with > dedicated boxes, you'd have to greatly overbuild, and most of > that will be sitting idle between those peak demand moments. > With resources on the cloud, you pay for the bandwidth you > actually use, not the bandwidth that you think you might need.
I have read up and do understand the mechanics and the advantages of the "standard offer". What I'm thinking is that there is a lot more mileage (such as a "class act" conferencing app) to come from this genre, thanks in no small measure to finally getting the name right. Another name they got right by chance is 'avatar' which became mainstream overnight with the movie (which I haven't seen but hear is pretty good). For Rackspace, it's a marketing orientation decision. From a consumer's view, I'm thinking what IBM is doing is particularly interesting. Bill > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/ee99ed64a6cd48b298210fb4d194a...@bills ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
