The term cloud is being used in the marketing materials of just about every IT solution vendor in the world these days. Most CIOs and industry experts are falling over themselves to be part of the cloud before they get left behind. It’s to the point now that if you are still deciding whether or not this cloud thing is right for you, then you must not be that smart, or perhaps just have not kept up with technology.
The truth of the matter is cloud computing does have many advantages over traditional approaches to information technology, but it also has drawbacks.