Has cloud computing matured yet? This is of course the $64,000 question and if we knew the answer to this poser we would all be a lot clearer on the general ‘state of the virtualized multi-tenant nation’ than perhaps we are today.
What we see happening at the coalface of average company X may not be exactly in line (yet) with the general shape of the big vendors’ roadmaps. But if the industry gets it right architecturally, then surely there can be little doubt as to whether the average firm will get pulled along into the slipstream of cloud innovation momentum.