Why Email No Longer Rules…

Wall Street Journal for this Monday (Oct 12th) in its Technology section hit on several topics our class has discussed and some related topics. Cloud computing had it own article; another article about a large firm with 135 data centers had its CIO saying cloud computing was not a current direction for his firm. The lead article about email somewhat missed with too much focus on Twitter and Facebook as alternatives to email. Comments from the readers were more on target with thoughts such as the use of IM (instant messenger) and why corporate needs versus social needs were pertinent considerations for a discussion about email.

Other articles included a collection of blog reviews, fake corporate profiles, and the use of online reviews from customers of company products. The lead article on the decline of email is posted on WSJ for public consumption and will be found at the end of this posting.

Class had prepared me for some of the ten questions that were a part of the "How Well Do You Know... the Cloud?" quiz. Here are four of the questions from the Wall Street Journal; I will withhold the easier questions. Answers will be provided "soon".

3) Which of these techniques is vital for creating cloud-computing centers?
A. Virtualization
B. Transubstantiation
C. Cannibalization
D. Insubordination

5) Match the provider with the cloud-based service.
A. Amazon
B. IBM
C. EMC
D. Microsoft

1. Azure
2. Elastic Compute Cloud
3. Decho
4. Cloudburst

7) IBM, EMC and Boeing Co. were among the companies signing what document whose title is reminiscent of a famous political statement?
A. Declaration of Cloud Computing
B. The Rights of Cloud
C. Mein Cloud
D. Open Cloud Manifesto

10) What August event was widely seen as an example of the risky nature of cloud computing?
A. Spread of Conficker virus
B. Gmail outage for more than an hour
C. Theft of identities over the Internet
D. Power outages in the Midwest

WSJ article "Why Email No Longer Rules..." http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203803904574431151489408372.html#articleTabs%3Darticle

Regards,

Bill Stephens