Comments on: CNN Copies GoGrid’s “Cloud Computing Explained” Video?

By: ian

ian — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:22:11 +0000

The marketing folks have lost control of the term cloud computing. It meant something really exciting a few years ago (on demand computing resources provisioned with an API and no contract) and enabled us to solve all kinds of capacity/variable workload type problems very cost effectively.

Now cloud computing is synonymous with "internet" and "hosting" due to the word cloud being taken to mean anything not sitting physically right in front of the user.

Marketing folks – I'm really hoping you can clean up this mess. Until then the customers and public are more confused than ever.

By: Michael Sheehan

Michael Sheehan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:14:17 +0000

Yeah, style is one (funny how the opening shot is similar – clouds and laptop). When we conceived this video, we really wanted it to appeal to all users. I agree the content is different (and theirs supports their article). I just found it almost amusing that the titles and a few other things were somewhat similar.

I may, time permitting, do some more videos like this.

Thanks for the comment.

By: Wil Sinclair

Wil Sinclair — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:54:09 +0000

I don't see much similarity beyond style. For example, I could see CNN producing their video in complete ignorance of yours. The audiences are different as well- yours is developers, theirs is end users- which results in very different content.

That said, your video has substance, while CNN's seems to have focused entirely on style. Frank the Dog? At least it makes for a good tag for these super dumbed down explanations:

The cloud is like a big computer in the sky. #frankthedog

Are you going to produce any more of these videos? Maybe one specifically on GoGrid?

,Wil