{"id":11995,"date":"2023-02-22T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=11995"},"modified":"2022-07-11T16:01:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T00:01:51","slug":"cloud-computing-from-idiocy-to-indispensable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/cloud-computing-from-idiocy-to-indispensable\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Computing: From Idiocy to Indispensable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the last decade, cloud computing has gone from &#8220;idiocy&#8221; to &#8220;indispensable&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2008, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Larry_Ellison\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Larry_Ellison\">Larry Ellison<\/a>, CEO of Oracle, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/culture\/oracles-ellison-nails-cloud-computing\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/culture\/oracles-ellison-nails-cloud-computing\/\">said that<\/a> &#8220;the interesting thing about cloud computing is that we&#8217;ve redefined cloud computing to include everything that we already do&#8230; The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women&#8217;s fashion. Maybe I&#8217;m an idiot, but I have no idea what anyone is talking about. What is it? It&#8217;s complete gibberish. It&#8217;s insane. When is this <em>idiocy <\/em>going to stop?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2021, Kurt Marko, writing for TechTarget, said that &#8220;Cloud computing has become <em>indispensable <\/em>for most households and businesses, and it was instrumental in minimizing the social disruption and economic destruction of lockdowns and restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfodive.com\/news\/cloud-computing-adds-value-beyond-agility-efficiency-deloitte\/626981\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cfodive.com\/news\/cloud-computing-adds-value-beyond-agility-efficiency-deloitte\/626981\/\">What are the benefits of the cloud?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Flexibility, scalability, efficiency<\/li><li>Provides virtually unlimited scale-up capacity<\/li><li>The cloud is the default platform for innovations like cybersecurity, Big Data, IoT, AI, and ML<\/li><li>Simplifies backup-up, restore, and disaster recovery<\/li><li>Reliability and high uptime capability<\/li><li>Reduces business and regulatory risk<\/li><li>Promotes and supports mobile usage<\/li><li>Improves collaboration, file and data sharing<\/li><li>Helps achieve environmental sustainability<\/li><li>With oversight, can be competitively priced, and often is significantly lower cost than on-premise<\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"lightsocial_container\"><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fformtek.com%2Fblog%2Fcloud-computing-from-idiocy-to-indispensable%2F&amp;title=\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lightsocial_img\" src=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/light-social\/digg.png\" alt=\"Digg This\" title=\"Digg This\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" 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