Like any new technology or technologic solution, cloud computing has been equally hyped and reviled, to the point where a novice to the field, seeking to find accurate information on the cloud’s benefits and disadvantages, will have a very hard time making sense of the information.
Obviously, the cloud is not something that can be simplified into one-line assertions. It is a complex system, prepared to respond to specific IT infrastructure and general business needs.
Like all systems, it, too, is fallible and will continue to evolve. Issues which have been addressed thus far, like security, reliance and cost, will continue to be explored and developed upon, to the point where they become less problematic than they are at the moment.
However, let us explore the top five myths about the cloud, and see which ones are true, and which ones less so.