In a Fog about "The Cloud?"
As the current darling of technology, " The Cloud " is generating considerable hype. Whether the discussion is about a " Private Cloud " or simply " The Cloud ," many regard this technology as the future of data storage. In fact, some proponents push the technology when they really don't even understand it. Case in point, my Italian godson, a gifted social media marketing consultant, frequently Tweets links to interesting articles and resources on social media networking and technology in general. He recently posted a link to a posting entitled " The History of Digital Storage " on a Blog named Visual Loop. The timeline offered by the Visual Loop author chronographed advances in data storage starting with the punch card through drum, reel tape, cassette tape, floppy, hard disk drive, optical disk, flash drive and solid state drive technology, ultimately ending with Cloud Storage. He then provided some interesting comparisons of the advances...