Reading through a friends' copy of Country Life magazine this weekend I noticed some top tips for well-to-do country folk to save money during the downturn. One helpful hint was to ditch the car for short journey's and instead use horse and cart. If only we all could think up such innovative ways to save!
This got me thinking about how cloud computing will fare during the credit crunch. We all know that the significant challenges of the crunch will come alongside huge opportunities. Well, is cloud computing one of them?
Looking at the maths/stats/hype (call it what you will) cloud computing offers a very compelling alternative to traditional computing. And when many companies are looking to downsize will CEOs frantically be looking for other ways to save, reduce risk and innovate?
I can see plenty of companies looking to cloud for the low-risk, low-cost, low-hassle benefits it offers. And cloud companies needs to be ready to entertain the more traditional computing users should they wish to woo people into the cloud.
Cloud could emerge from these turbulent times as the victor and where as now Evangelists are preaching for the cloud in the future we may see a mass awareness of what the cloud can offer.
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