Cloud Computing - CloudCamp Toronto

CloudCamp - a place to meet and learn about cloud computing, happened in Toronto last week. Below are the snippets of our interesting discussions, to provoke your thought process.

1. No security -- don't put sensitive data in clouds
2. More suitable for small businesses -- where server requirements are not clear
3. Technology virtualization -- running multiple os on a platform, technology that made cloud computing possible
   
4. Common API -- in progress, by multiple vendors for cloud portability
5. Business opportunities in cloud
6. Saas -- should run in cloud
7. Saas - Paas - Iaas(bottom) -- more stack, less flexible
8. google app engine -- example for Paas
9. Beware, you will still be paying for the Bandwidth.
   
10. Superbowl commercial -- example where clouds can be a perfect fit.
11. When will clouds run out of space? -- at least not in another couple of years
12. Amazon EC2 is the leading provider of Cloud Computing.
13. Saas running in clouds -- example: salesforce, google docs
14. peak / off peak rates -- once the cloud computing pick steam, we are going to see these.

Thanks guys for arranging this meet up. It will really be a time saver, when we deploy our app http://www.eserviceplace.com in clouds.