Nick Carr talks about Cloud Computing and the Big Switch
In our latest podcast I talk with Nick Carr, author of The Big Switch. We talk about Nick’s book, the paperback edition of which has just been published, and explore the notions of ‘Cloud Computing’ that lie at its heart. Moving beyond the book itself, we then consider the effect that the current economic situation is having upon companies and individuals as they move toward the Cloud.
During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;
- Amazon
- Amazon Web Services
- The Atlantic
- The Big Switch
- Nick Carr
- Nick Carr’s ‘Is Google Making us Stupid?‘ in The Atlantic
- Does IT Matter?
- James Evans’ ‘Electronic Publication and the Narrowing of Science and Scholarship‘ in Science, Nick Carr’s blogged response, and my blogged thoughts
- Google Apps
- Google App Engine
- Harvard Business Review
- Hewlett Packard
- IBM
- Microsoft
- Microsoft Azure
- Moore’s Law
- Salesforce
- Salesforce Force.com
- Science
- Sun Microsystems
- Sun Grid
This conversation was recorded on Friday 30 January, 2009.
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February 4th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
Thanks for this.
I have added it to our MBA group on linked in. we’ll see if it attracts a discussion.
James
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