Carr Communications Inc. » South Florida Business Journal http://www.carrcommunications.com Writing, editing, web consulting, and communication strategy Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:38:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 South Florida Business Journal: Chamber panel sees sunny future for cloud computinghttp://www.carrcommunications.com/2010/02/south-florida-business-journal-chamber-panel-sees-sunny-future-for-cloud-computing/ http://www.carrcommunications.com/2010/02/south-florida-business-journal-chamber-panel-sees-sunny-future-for-cloud-computing/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:55:15 +0000 david http://www.carrcommunications.com/?p=297 Continue reading →]]> Cloud computing is one of the hottest buzzwords in information technology today, but panelists at a Friday’s Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce event on the topic had to spend considerable time trying to define it before they could say anything more about it.

One reason for the confusion is that it refers to several overlapping concepts. Christopher Drumgoole, senior vice president of engineering and product development at Terremark Worldwide Inc., said the shortest explanation is, “it’s I.T. provided as a service.” Terremark hosted the chamber event at its Miami data center.

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