Comments on: Computing on "Cloud Nine" http://blog.gogrid.com/2008/03/18/computing-on-cloud-nine/ Real on-demand servers. Really! Fri, 8 Aug 2008 01:11:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Michael Sheehan http://blog.gogrid.com/2008/03/18/computing-on-cloud-nine/#comment-119 Michael Sheehan Fri, 30 May 2008 22:11:45 +0000 http://blog.gogrid.com/2008/03/18/computing-on-cloud-nine/#comment-119 @t Haha! Yes, you are right. Since this post, we have slightly redefined our message to "control in the cloud" so still working with the adjectives (both positive and negative) but putting more of a tangibility on it through the control aspect. @t

Haha! Yes, you are right. Since this post, we have slightly redefined our message to “control in the cloud” so still working with the adjectives (both positive and negative) but putting more of a tangibility on it through the control aspect.

]]> By: t http://blog.gogrid.com/2008/03/18/computing-on-cloud-nine/#comment-118 t Fri, 30 May 2008 21:53:42 +0000 http://blog.gogrid.com/2008/03/18/computing-on-cloud-nine/#comment-118 well, i guess what comes to mind when one does word associations often depends on personality and mood. some words that come to my mind: fluffy white blue clean high refreshing strong eternal mysterious beautiful heaven well, i guess what comes to mind when one does word associations often depends on personality and mood.

some words that come to my mind:

fluffy
white
blue
clean
high
refreshing
strong
eternal
mysterious
beautiful
heaven

]]> By: Michael Sheehan http://blog.gogrid.com/2008/03/18/computing-on-cloud-nine/#comment-67 Michael Sheehan Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:03:19 +0000 http://blog.gogrid.com/2008/03/18/computing-on-cloud-nine/#comment-67 @verycloudy, Good comments. I appreciate them. You are right though in many aspects. The name of the product (GoGrid) was decided on over a year ago (given that a computing grid, so to speak, powers the service). And yes, our product does fall under the "cloud computing" umbrella in many areas (like you mention). When I wrote this post (even if just a month ago), the term "cloud computing" was just starting to buzz. Now it is almost mainstream. The product is different though from that of Amazon, better in many aspects. Think of it as "hosting in the cloud" with the differentiator being that we are a hosting provider and know the business. I'm sure our marketing position will change over time. I wish we had that crystal ball to help guide us. We are not isolating...we are in the "sweet spot" between the cloud and traditional hosting (at least that is how I define it now). Thanks again for your comments. @verycloudy,

Good comments. I appreciate them. You are right though in many aspects. The name of the product (GoGrid) was decided on over a year ago (given that a computing grid, so to speak, powers the service). And yes, our product does fall under the “cloud computing” umbrella in many areas (like you mention).
When I wrote this post (even if just a month ago), the term “cloud computing” was just starting to buzz. Now it is almost mainstream. The product is different though from that of Amazon, better in many aspects. Think of it as “hosting in the cloud” with the differentiator being that we are a hosting provider and know the business.
I’m sure our marketing position will change over time. I wish we had that crystal ball to help guide us. We are not isolating…we are in the “sweet spot” between the cloud and traditional hosting (at least that is how I define it now).
Thanks again for your comments.

]]> By: verycloudy http://blog.gogrid.com/2008/03/18/computing-on-cloud-nine/#comment-66 verycloudy Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:49:35 +0000 http://blog.gogrid.com/2008/03/18/computing-on-cloud-nine/#comment-66 Dude - you are fighting the wrong battle - You are building a cloud your are providing the elasticity (or on demand) capabilities, you are providing a pay as you go model - you are providing an infrastructure that facilitates deployments and common patterns - you are providing a service - and yet you pick a name for your company that only represents one of the use cases (grid is just one use case of many for cloud computing, and it is a bit of the past) and you choose to isolate yourself from the big guns like Amazon, Google, IBM, and HP - jump on the bandwagon and then differentiate yourself - Dude - you are fighting the wrong battle - You are building a cloud your are providing the elasticity (or on demand) capabilities, you are providing a pay as you go model - you are providing an infrastructure that facilitates deployments and common patterns - you are providing a service - and yet you pick a name for your company that only represents one of the use cases (grid is just one use case of many for cloud computing, and it is a bit of the past) and you choose to isolate yourself from the big guns like Amazon, Google, IBM, and HP - jump on the bandwagon and then differentiate yourself -

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