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As I’m looking at the future of virtualization, it’s clear that the evolution of virtualized platforms will drive the revolution of private cloud computing. You can think of private clouds as tiny Amazon EC2s or Force.com’s that are created within your data center for use by those in the enterprise, or virtualized computing resources that provide a much more effective and efficient way to share expensive computing resources.

In the world of SaaS and cloud computing there is one single word that will send chills up the spines of mean in IT: Multitenancy.

From Wikipedia:

The big push right now is around interoperability among cloud providers, or the notion of cloud providers offering built-in communications to one another, and also application and data portability between providers. Core to this concept was a buzzword I’ve been hearing the last few months: Intercloud.

Cloud Computing is about Removing Risk and Conserving Capital
So, I’m a computer guy. What the heck is capital? As defined by Wikipedia it’s:

“…any liquid medium or mechanism that represents wealth, or other styles of capital. It is, however, usually purchasing power in the form of money available for the production or purchasing of goods, etcetera. Capital can also be obtained by producing more than what is immediately required and saving the surplus.”

What’s nice about Chrome OS is the speed with which you can boot, likened to turning on a TV…or perhaps pulling your laptop from standby mood. Also, its ability to load Web applications quickly, and I bet it does an amazing job at using Google applications. Thus, many in the press have dubbed it a “cloud computing OS.” But, should they?

Hello, I’m Dave Linthicum. I’m an internationally recognized industry expert and thought leader, and the author and coauthor of 13 books on computing, including the best selling Enterprise Application Integration (Addison Wesley). My latest book, out in Early October is entitled Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in your Enterprise: A Step-by-Step Guide. I keynote at many leading technology conferences on cloud computing, SOA, and enterprise architecture, and has appeared on a number of TV and radio shows as a computing expert.