A lot has been happening recently with little spare time so here's some catch up items:
Sun announced last month that it has beta testing (internally) a cloud option within Sun. So what's the Cloud appeal? 2 items really:
1. Allowing faster implementation - once cloud infrastructure and applications are in place, connecting or adding new services is much faster.
2. Reduces the infrastructure companies need to have on-site, reducing complexity and costs (hopefully).
So how does this pan out for normal workers? An example is utilising an extension for StarOffice/OpenOffice. It's very easy:
1. Install the extension for StarOffice:
2. Log in to the cloud, with ID and password.
3. Save and Open from the menu as you do normally:
It means I now have an online archive where I can access files from anywhere (so long as I setup and remember the cloud details) and no need to email them to myself or anything like that, or making sure I know what the latest version is.