Tuesday, July 19, 2011

The Importance of Friction When Considering Cloud - A Blogger's Rant

http://ow.ly/5I0Uq

An enjoyable and informative rant by Chuck Hollis, Global Marketing CTO of EMC corporation, from Chuck's blog.   This article warns of the need for "friction" with respect to the use of the Cloud.  The article references the "Tragedy of the Commons" and applies the same logic as it applies to the Cloud...there is a competition to use shared resources to your advantage, often to the detriment of those sharing the same resource.

 Chuck outlines the concept of friction, and argues that a little friction is a good things . There are very wise insights throughout this article that warn of the dangers associated with trying to create a perfect I.T. environment.  As the author of the article states, "Maybe the demand for IT resources is infinite, but supply certainly is not."

Some Friction is a good thing...none is just dangerous.

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