Cloud Leadership Forum is progress report on cloud computing

Opinion
Jun 15, 20101 min

Cloud Leadership Forum yields some interesting news.

The intense interest surrounding cloud computing has put the Cloud Leadership Forum into an interesting position. This conference is produced by IDC and Network World’s parent company, IDG Enterprise. Taken together, the sessions paint a picture of where major companies are with their cloud computing deployments, and they have yielded best practices that you can use in your own organization. Fortunately, here at Network World you can read full coverage of the event if you were unable to attend. Tickets.com talked about how it is using open cloud systems to go after Ticketmaster. And Shaklee’s CIO spoke about going “all in” to the cloud. We also heard advice about what types of applications should run in the cloud, and the answer may surprise you. Also see: Amazon EC2 creators to launch cloud computing start-up CSC offers Microsoft Exchange 2010 in the cloud