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Is Cloud an Anagram for Cold?

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There’s an arms race going on like we haven’t seen since the Cold War: HP, IBM, Amazon, and Google.  They’re knocking together data centers quicker than the price of cloud computing can plummet.  The price of Amazon’s web services has fallen by about 50% every three years since 2006.  Where will it end?  Are the new entrants pushing the traditional players into mutually assured self-destruction?  What happens to the customer if the provider goes up in smoke?

What’s the price for dot.com stocks?

Anybody else afraid the emperor may be naked?  How quickly will Nero catch a chill if the cloud condenses?  Oh, and I know, cold is only an anagram for cloud if U are in it.

By: Steve O'Keeffe |
Steve O'Keeffe
About Steve O'Keeffe
The most connected executive in the government technology community – O'Keeffe is an accomplished entrepreneur and tech-policy expert, with 30 years’ experience as an innovator at the crossroads of government and industry. He founded MeriTalk, O'Keeffe & Company, 300Brand, among other entities. O'Keeffe is a fixture on the Hill, in both the House and Senate, testifying on IT, budget, government workforce, and the requirement to modernize government IT to enhance outcomes for the American people and government employees. He is a champion for change, simplification, transparency, and clear communication of IT value without jargon. A committed philanthropist, O'Keeffe has served for 15 years on the USO-Metro Board of Directors – Vice Chairman of the Board and Chair of the Annual Awards Dinner. He started his career as a journalist – O'Keeffe has contributed to The Economist, Government Executive, Signal Magazine, The Washington Post, and, of course, MeriTalk.

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