“Cloud” computing is only becoming de rigeur in retail markets due to the proliferation of thin client technologies in business.
VMWare’s VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) is the latest in “cloud computing” utilizing large SANs like those available from EMC. They see how well it works in multi-national business, the control it gives them, and now they’re working to exert control over the masses in the same way.
I, for one, will be keeping my data local. I have a few terabytes of backup space and two Ultrium tape drives running full and incremental backups every day. I trust myself more the MS, EMC, and Cisco.
Did they give you permission to have that idea? Everytime I see one of these threads about off-site storage or cloud[y thinking] computing, I sit down and list as many of the disasters-in-waiting as I can. It's just unbelievable what a moronic idea this is.