The Hails and Fails of Cloud Computing in 2012


FAIL #2: Virtual Machine Spying Gets More Real

Although still a theory, this year it has been proved that the virtual spying technology is not far away. Even one of the researchers published a mind blowing example on how virtual machine can be used to spy on another one within the same server. This really has created confusion across enterprises, as the cloud relies heavily on the multi-tenant, virtual server host, where one physical server is used by multiple companies and customers.

FAIL #3: Uncertainty Over Cloud Pricing

Another setback for cloud computing is the issues over its pricing. One really cannot make out what the exact format of the billing system, as some of the bill even contains workload charges by the marketing department. It’s pretty hard to relate the workload of a team with the charges of the bill.

The best way is to take time, sit and compare each and every billing scale of every single cloud services available. But this certainly can take hours of work as people have to isolate the information and then arrange them into a spreadsheet.

The confusion doesn’t end up there, as different vendors come with different configurations and definitions about their virtual CPUs. The major vendors do small, medium and large configurations, with several extra-large types thrown in the mix. But they each define the combination of memory, CPU and storage a little differently, making direct comparison difficult.

 

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