[FreedomPoster]

Nothing about cloud computing is new. I sat in on a cloud computing roundtable discussion event several weeks ago, and one of the panelists made a comment like “I used to be an application service provider, then I did software as a service, now I do cloud computing.” Anyone who has been in tech for more than 10 years should get it; he got a really good laugh out of the room.

There are a lot of serious issues with cloud computing, not the least of which is data security.

[the invisib1e hand]

Granting all of that, the consumer finds it irresistibly convenient (when it works).

And, as that's what makes the register ring...

[wita]

If I am reading you and the panelist correctly, nothing has changed but the name. Kinda like global warming, climate change, etc.

[Caipirabob]

There are a lot of serious issues with cloud computing, not the least of which is data security.

Yep, nothing like sharing all of your critical business data with a few billion "friends"...

[RayChuang88]

But here’s the biggest issue of all: what happens if you lose Internet connectivity. Indeed, that’s one of the big downsides of tablet computers—if you lose Internet connectivity they become a lot less useful.