Many IT executives, vendors and consultants have embraced author Nicholas Carr’s historical analogy [comparing computing power to the electric grid]. They point out that in 1907, 70 percent of the industrial electrical generation in the United States was in-house, but by the 1920s that same percentage was generated by utility companies. Initially you had to own your own plant, but later it became a disadvantage.
Government Remains Skeptical About Cloud Computing
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