\u201cThe cloud is so new, and is dominated by such a small number of players right now, that prices are much higher than they will be,\u201d noted Cory Isaacson, CEO and CTO of CodeFutures Corporation, in this exclusive Q&A with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan. \u201cAs demand goes up and new entrants come into the market, the cost will decrease overall,\u201d Isaacson continued. \u201cCloud computing will be a commodity service worldwide within the next few years \u2013 I see this as inevitable.\u201d
\nCloud Computing Journal: Just having the enterprise data is good. Extracting meaningful information out of this data is priceless. Agree or disagree?
\nCory Isaacson: This is absolutely true; data is meaningless without turning it into useful information. Almost always this involves relating the data to other data (e.g., “How many people purchased Product X last month?” involves relating a customer to a product and a time period).<\/p>\n