[LINK] RFC: Cloud Computing

[Roger Clarke]

At 9:54 +1100 24/11/09, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
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>Cloud environments might be OK for isolated applications, but 
>extending your operational environment into a cloud is fraught with 
>both problems and risks.

Among other things, I'm going to have to do some differentiation 
between applications, based on their importance.

The 'mission-critical' jargon is dopey (an inappropriate import from 
military contexts, where it *does* make sense).

But some concept may be needed such as 'capable of bankrupting me if 
it goes wrong', to distinguish from 'would be a handy adjunct to our 
marketing analysis' and 'can go missing for a few days and it won't 
matter much'.

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