Web Hosting Year in Review: Cloud Computing
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Cloud computing did as much as any other technology, idea or product to define web hosting in 2009. It was a constant subject of conversation in the industry - a major topic at just about every hosting event this year, regularly addressed in new product announcements and press releases and was the buzzword service that customers sought out and hosting companies worked to align their products with.
It would be next to impossible to even summarize everything that took place under the cloud computing banner this year, but, in reviewing the cloud’s effect on the hosting landscape in 2009, I’ll certainly try to hit most of the high points.
Let’s start close to the year’s chronological end, in late November, as Microsoft officially introduced the long-discussed Windows Azure cloud platform at its Professional Developer’s Conference. Still in its “community technology preview” stage, the Microsoft cloud services platform will enter a production environment on January 1, 2010.
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Original article by David Hamilton, www.thewhir.com
Tags: Cloud Computing