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I had the opportunity to speak at the recent 2010 Channel Partners Conference in Washington D.C. this week. I participated in a panel discussion on cloud computing that brought together a group of people with diverse business backgrounds.
The conference, sponsored by Phone+ Magazine, is really focused on channel partners in the telecommunications industry. Basically these are agents selling data and voice services — anything from lines to handsets. I heard a different perspective on the “cloud” while attending this conference. Basically cloud computing = hosted VOIP. I guess that’s one way to look at it. Hosted VOIP could be looked at as a SaaS type of solution.
I also sat in on a presentation of Qwest’s new IaaS cloud computing offering. Since Qwest is our regional incumbent carrier I took special interest in their cloud strategy.
I’m speaking at the upcoming Minneapolis VMUG on October 1st about cloud computing. My goal is to present a different perspective on cloud computing — hopefully one that the participants haven’t heard before. It should be interesting.
