Unless You've Been living in a cave all summer like one of my friends (it's in Finland, he's an artistic genius) you've probably heard the buzz about cloud computing.rnLike most technologies at the "hype" life-cycle stage, cloud computing can apparently do no wrong - it's the cure for expensive infrastructure ownership, lack of business agility and spending overruns. The ability to purchase computing cycles and storage space on demand is perennially attractive - which is why such services have been available since the 1960s, and continue to pique interest today. Although just 20% of the IT pros I'm working with say they're considering cloud computing, many are interested in exploring its benefits (63% of the folks who have a single data center say they're interested in exploring cloud computing).rnBut for network managers, cloud computing comes with a hidden risk: network dependency. The two big issues are the cost and quality of the network infrastructure required to gain access to the computing cloud.
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