Cloud Computing: a big innovation

El artículo que detalla el tema: Above the Clouds: A Berkeley View of Cloud Computing

Extracto:

"From a hardware point of view, three aspects are new in Cloud Computing.

1. The illusion of infinite computing resources available on demand, thereby eliminating the need for Cloud Computing users to plan far ahead for provisioning.

2. The elimination of an up-front commitment by Cloud users, thereby allowing companies to start small and increase hardware resources only when there is an increase in their needs.

3. The ability to pay for use of computing resources on a short-term basis as needed (e.g., processors by the hour and storage by the day) and release them as needed, thereby rewarding conservation by letting machines and storage go when they are no longer useful..."

En estas pocas palabras están revelados los Jobs-To-Be-Done que harán de esta nueva solución de computación una ganadora imparable en el mercado: toda empresa (y más si es nueva) cuya operación dependa del buen uso de las TICs (todas) se beneficiará en grado sumo de esta oferta; podemos decir que "hardware" y "software" por fin se convirtieron en "resourceware" :-)