Head in the clouds

We've been spending a fair amount of time, along with marketing guru Alistair of Rednod, analyzing technology trends (grid computing, virtualization, mobile networks, "web 2.0" etc...) and their impact on the co-evolution of users and applications.

Nothing seems as big as cloud computing, a wave we've been surfing since earlier this year at Interop Unconference and Bitcurrent, where we discuss internetworking and web technologies.

Click here to see the impressive cloud computing search trend on google insights. Gartner might argue that this is par for the "tech hype cycle" but based on our our vantage point on both adoption and innovation, there is more to the trend than just hype - cloud computing is unlikely to come back down to earth.

Here are a few recent articles on cloud computing by Syntenic:

• Storage Area Networks come to the cloud
• Seeing through the Cloud Hype
• Cloud computing forecast: Partly Cloudy!

More will follow soon. A lively discussion occurs daily on the Google cloud computing group which combines experienced and practical contributions with some wild postulation. We're sure its just a matter of time before one enthusiastic member "figures out" a way to build the proverbial kitchen sink into the cloud (see below). We'll settle for an eagerly awaited espresso machine!