UK cloud industry defines itself

In five words or less

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Cloud computing - what's that? We've asked a selection of the UK's cloud industry to tell us in five words or less. Here they are:

Phil Lewis at Infor tells us about the cloud

Phil Lewis at Infor

This is Dan at Carrenza, about cloud in 5 words

Dan Sutherland, CEO at Carrenza

Chris Bucholtz, editor of CRM Outsiders says pay for what you need

Chris Bucholtz, editor CRM Outsiders

Dominic Monkhouse at Peer1 Hosting thinks the cloud is the future of IT

Dominic Monkhouse, Managing Director UK & Ireland, Peer1 Hosting

What does this mean? We think Kate at Memset is telling us cloud doesn't equal utility.

Kate Craig-Wood, Managing Director, Memset

Richard George, Intel

Lee Ganly at ADA Technology Services thinks these words define the cloud

Paul McCreanney at JMC IT says IT as a service is what the cloud is all about

Paul McCreanney, head of cloud computing sales, JMC IT

Robert Rutherford says it's all about hosted IT infrastructure

Tim Barker, VP strategy EMEA, Salesforce.com

Claire Galbois-Alcaix, Mozy

Ian Tomlinson, Chief Executive, Cybertill

*EyeSee Thanks to all involved, and we hope that clears things up for our readers.

Cloud Gate Keeper - 29 Jun 15:59

absolootely fantastic piece, this will go viral soon, traffic speed bumps ahead!@ WOWSERS! great piece of writing and pics.......5 words briliante!
vonDrashekMMMMMM - 29 Jun 16:43

MOAR yes of this gentlemens and wimmins with cloud phrasing i think great success 4 FUTURE of panda-eating THE I
yuvy - 01 Jul 05:32

no it doesnt help at all
Tam - 01 Jul 11:59

yuvy - exactly.
Marilyn Monroe topped these - 19 Jul 17:12

Boop-boop-a-dupe!

and

Daddle-at-data-dat-dumb!
David Marnell - 03 Aug 15:39

Impossible task, describe Cloud in 5 words. "Depends on whom you're asking!" is probably a better response. To businesses its confusing, mis-leading and is filled with potential risks if it not done with the right partner. With over 260 companies migrated from On-Premise IT to our own cloud offering we find the early adopters in 2005 moved over due to necessity and now the shift has moved to more strategic thinking businesses. IT companies are great at inventing terminology and using acronyms for everything. Simply put Cloud is "accessing data through the internet". You don't need to worry about anything else as long as you have chosen the right partner with the proven experience in Cloud or hosted managed services.