On The Horizon: Microsoft's Cloud Utility

Previously I asserted that resistance to Cloud Computing is pointless. With Microsoft’s unveiling of The Azure Services Platform last week, it certainly seems to lend support to position. Ordinarily, I might find myself railing against anything Microsoft does but here I find I’m trying to hide my conspicuous grin on this one. Microsoft’s entry into Cloud Computing means that there’s more than hype to it — there’s gold in that Cloud — in fact, there’s so much potential gold that Cloud-based providers, like Microsoft, have a very good chance of becoming a utility.

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