Cloud Computing and Infrastructure 2.0

@johnar

 

 

Understood. And agreed, getting all the vendors in the ADC space to agree on the same standards might indeed be difficult - but then again we were able to get all the web application vendors to agree to WS-I in the SOA space, so maybe there's hope after all. Like any problem, recognizing that it exists is the first step, right?

 

 

Good point, too, in that it's not just ADC vendors.

 

 

We can't even all agree on the definition of cloud computing, so I guess it isn't surprising that we can't agree on *how* to do it, as Greg points out.

 

 

I think perhaps that if cloud computing is as successful as it's being hyped it will be, that it may drive changes in manageability because it will be a requirement to compete for that business. The trick is defining out a standard. Either the vendors will do it willingly together or perhaps this time it will be driven primarily by the customers because you know what you need in that respect better than we do; you're in the thick of it, as it were.

 

 

We live in interesting times. You have definitely given me some things to think about. I may have to revise my view on what "Infrastructure 2.0" really means.

 

 

Thanks!