20 Cloud Computing Quotes You Can't Miss

Remember when half the population thought cloud computing affected the weather? The world has advanced a bit since then. Check out these incredible cloud computing quotes from industry leaders.

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20Cloud Computing Quotes
That You Must Read

2. Cloud computing has completely changed
the way businesses —and their consumers
—store and access their data.
Here’s what the experts have to say about
its capabilities and what it means for the
future of IT.
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“I don’tneeda harddisk
in mycomputerifI can
getto theserver faster…
carryingaroundthese
non-connected
computersisbyzantine
bycomparison.”
-Steve Jobs, Co-founder, CEO and Chairmanof Apple Inc.

4. “Cloud isabouthow
youdo computing,
notwhereyoudo
computing.”
-Paul Maritz, CEO of VMware

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“Thecloudservicescompaniesof all
sizes…Thecloudisforeveryone. The
cloudisa democracy.”
-MarcBenioff, Founder, CEO and Chairman of Salesforce

6. “Theendof ‘Fashion-IT’ —
customerswillonlypayforvalue
and nottechnology.”
-Sunny Ghosh, Director and CEO of Wolf Frameworks

7. “Everykidcomingoutof Harvard, every
kidcomingoutof schoolnowthinkshe
can be thenextMark Zuckerberg, and
withthesenew technologieslikecloud
computing, he actuallyhas a shot.”
-Marc Andreessen, Co-founderof Netscape, BoardMemberof Facebook

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“Ifsomeoneasksme
whatcloudcomputingis,
I try notto getbogged
downwithdefinitions. I
tellthemthat, simply
put, cloudcomputingis
a betterwayto run your
business.”
-Marc Benioff, Founder, CEO and Chairmanof Salesforce

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“Line-of-businessleaderseverywhere
are bypassingIT departmentsto get
applicationsfromthecloud(also
knownas software as a service, or
SaaS) and payingforthemlikethey
woulda magazine subscription. And
whentheserviceisno longer
required, theycan cancel that
subscriptionwithno equipmentleft
unusedin thecorner.”
-DarylPlummer, ManagingVice Presidentand DistinguishedAnalyst
at Gartner

10. “Cloudcomputingisempowering,asanyone
inanypartofworldwithinternetconnection
andacreditcardcanrunandmanage
applicationsinthestateoftheartglobal
datacenters;companiesleveragingcloud
willbeabletoinnovatecheaperandfaster.”
-Jamal Mazhar, Founder and CEO of Kaavo

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“WithAWSanewservercanbeupandrunning
inthreeminutes(itusedtotakeEliLillyseven
andahalfweekstodeployaserverinternally)
anda64-nodeLinuxclustercanbeonlinein
fiveminutes(comparedwiththreemonths
internally)…Thedeploymenttimeisreallywhat
impressedus.”
-Dave Powers, Associate Information Consultant at Eli Lilly and Company.

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“Withthecloud,
individualsand small
businessescan snap
theirfingersand instantly
set up enterprise-class
services.”
-Roy Stephan, Founderand CEO of PierceMatrix

13. “Cloud computingisoftenfar
more securethantraditional
computing, becausecompanies
likeGoogle and Amazon can
attractand retaincyber-security
personnelof a higherqualitythan
manygovernmentalagencies.”
-VivekKundra, Executive Vice President at Salesforce.com

14. “There’sno way
thatcompany
existsin a year.”
-Tom Siebel, Founderof Siebel CRM Systems, speaking
aboutSalesforce.com

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“Ifyouthinkyou’veseenthismoviebefore,youareright.Cloud
computingisbasedonthetime-sharingmodelweleveraged
yearsagobeforewecouldaffordourowncomputers.Theideais
tosharecomputingpoweramongmanycompaniesandpeople,
therebyreducingthecostofthatcomputingpowertothosewho
leverageit.Thevalueoftimeshareandthecorevalueofcloud
computingareprettymuchthesame,onlytheresourcesthese
daysaremuchbetterandmorecosteffective.”
-David Linthicum, author of Cloud Computing and SOA
Convergence in Your Enterprise: A Step-by-Step Guide

16. “Discontinuedproductsandservicesare
nothingnew,ofcourse,butwhatisnewwith
thecomingofthecloudisthe
discontinuationofservicestowhichpeople
haveentrustedalotofpersonalorotherwise
importantdata—andinmanycases
devotedalotoftimetocreatingand
organizingthatdata.
Asbusinessesratchetuptheiruseofcloud
services,they’regoingtostrugglewith
similarproblems,sometimesonamuch
greaterscale.Idon’tseeanywayaroundthis
—it’sthepricewepayfortheconvenienceof
centralizedappsanddatabases—butit’s
worthkeepinginmindthatinthecloud
we’reallguineapigs,andthatmeanswe’re
alldispensable.Caveatcloudster.”
-Nicholas Carr, author of books about technology and culture

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“Webelievewe’removingoutoftheIceAge,theIronAge,the
IndustrialAge,theInformationAge,totheparticipationage.You
getontheNetandyoudostuff.YouIM(instantmessage),you
blog,youtakepictures,youpublish,youpodcast,youtransact,
youdistancelearn,youtelemedicine.Youareparticipatingon
theInternet,notjustviewingstuff.Webuildtheinfrastructure
thatgoesinthedatacenterthatfacilitatestheparticipationage.
Webuildthatbigfriggin’Webtoneswitch.Ithassecurity,
directory,identity,privacy,storage,compute,thewholeWeb
servicesstack.”
-Scott McNealy, former CEO of Sun Microsystems

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“In thepre-cloudera, thecostof building
software wasso highthatweoftenhave
to define a scopeand leaveout
functionalitywhichwefeeldoesn’tfetch
theROI forautomation. Cloud makes
whateverthatwaspreviouslyleftoutof
scopeas candidateforautomationnow!
Thanksto simplification, accessand
affordabilitybroughtbyIaaSand PaaS.”
-Suresh Sambandam, Founderand CEO of OrangeScape

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“Cloud computingisa greateuphemism
forcentralizationof computerservices
underoneserver.”
-EvgenyMorozov, author and technology skeptic

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“Cloudcomputingisactuallyaspectrumofthings
complementingoneanotherandbuildingonafoundationof
sharing.Inherentdualitiesinthecloudcomputingphenomenon
arespawningdivergentstrategiesforcloudcomputingsuccess.
Thepubliccloud,hybridclouds,andprivatecloudsnowdotthe
landscapeofITbasedsolutions.Becauseofthat,thebasic
issueshavemovedfrom‘whatiscloud’to‘howwillcloud
projectsevolve.”
-Chris Howard, Research Vice President at Gartner

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“In 2000, whenmypartner
Ben HorowitzwasCEO of
thefirstcloudcomputing
company, Loudcloud, the
costof a customerrunning
a basicInternet application
wasapproximately
$150,000 a month.”
-Marc Andreessen, Co-founderof Netscape, BoardMember
of Facebook

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-Vadim Vladimirskiy, CEO of Nerdio
“I startedthecloud-computingfirm
Nerdioto transformthewaySMB
buys& consumes IT. Itcan be
daunting—itrequireshighexpertise,
familiaritywithlotsof tech, and the
vettingand testingof lotsof vendors.
Mydecisionisto makethatentire
processcompletelyobsolete—you
don’thaveto worryaboutOS, storage,
etc., itbecomesbackground, handled
bysomeoneelse. We’repackaginga
wholeIT systemintosomething
that’seasyto consume.”