Cloud-based Computing - "enables users and developers to utilize services without knowledge of, expertise with, nor control over the technology infrastructure that supports them. Utility computing, conversely, provides on-demand infrastructure with the ability to control, scale, and configure that infrastructure."1
Doug Johnson asks the question Could you live in the clouds? referring to cloud-based computing in his Blue Skunk Blog at http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/2009/3/15/could-you-live-in-the-cloud.html. 2 My answer: yes and no. I love the idea of being able to work on some of my projects from any computer. I tend to email myself projects so I can access them anywhere I can find an Internet computer, but I'm out of luck if I sent the wrong file or forgot to send it altogether. I would definitely not depend on the cloud for my only storage, but I love the idea of having my computer files available from anywhere.
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On Michael Stephens’ Tame the Web blog post, 4 he advocates the use of cell phones and allowing unfettered Internet access in the libraries, which would pose risks on several levels in public school libraries. Public and academic libraries are different environments and would be more conducive to working wide-open with the cloud and personal and public information and communication devices.
1 Danielson, Krissi. Distinguising Cloud Computing from Utility Computing. http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/saasweek/2008/03/distinguishing_cloud_computing/
2 Johnson, Doug. Could you live in the clouds? http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/2009/3/15/could-you-live-in-the-cloud.html#comments
3 Roeder, Vanessa. Drifting. http://nessadeeart.blogspot.com/search/label/Illustration%20Friday Used with permission.
4 Stephens, Michael. How can libraries use the cloud? Taming the Web blog, http://tametheweb.com/2008/08/04/how-can-libraries-use-the-cloud/.
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