Are we ready to declare the "time of death" for the enterprise data center?
The announcement this week of the launch of Amazon’s Elastic Block Store (EBS) adds another vital piece to the cloud computing picture. The announcement is particularly significant since it takes the gloves off when it comes to meeting the demanding needs of enterprise class computing requirements. The Elastic Block Store finally makes it practical, cost effective, easy to perform traditional storage and processing of very large amounts of data in the cloud from a credible vendor.