A Mainframe Guy Discovers Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is the latest buzzword in the industry. The appeal of the services available from Google and Amazon have fired users' imaginations and created expectations for every data center. Is cloud computing all hype and smoke and mirrors? How is it going to effect my mainframe environment? How is it going to change the way my business operates? Where does SOA, service-oriented architecture, fit into all this? A mainframe guy set out to find the answers, beginning with YouTube and reading a lot of Blogs. Come see what he discovered. Warning: this is not your typical discussion of cloud computing.

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