Okay, so this is going to be up for an award for brevity for one of my posts. But sometimes, being brief is the best way to spark an entire dialogue.

Cloud Computing: An Establish Model with a 40-Year Pedigree

Although Cloud Computing is touted as a new way of delivering applications, Cloud Computing has been an established business model since the 1960s when it was called a "time sharing system". In the time-sharing model, several "dumb" terminals (keyboards and monitors lacking CPUs) were networked to a mainframe or mini-computer, usually in a hub-and-spoke topology. Applications and data resided on the mainframe. Input was received via the terminal keyboard and output was then directed to the appropriate terminal monitor.

Sometimes in order to improve your business, you have to extend your reach. Sometimes that reach is to other target customers, sometimes to new suppliers, and sometimes to new technology. Reaching out is usually what takes our businesses to the next level.