(Repost) Gartner vs. Google's Cloud: One of them didn't float with IT Leaders

I had the privilege of attending Midsize Enterprise Summit in Orlando in May.  While the weather was delightful, the long days of the conference made sure we didn't really get time to enjoy it.

The theme of the week was cloud computing, and several notable experts from Gartner Research, as well as industry representative from such organizations as Microsoft, HP, and Google have shared their organization's vision of what cloud computing is all about.

Want to buy the latest gadget/phone/device? Can you really trust reviews?

I drink my coffee black.  I didn't always take it this way. When I started, I was like many who would enjoy a Timmee's DD (This is a Canadian colloquialism, it has nothing to do with cup size), but then I dropped the sugar.  Then the cream.

When I first decided to drop the cream, (to preserve my lean, lithe, pantherlike figure) I hated the stuff in the cup.  This was not coffee, it was more like a mixture of motor oil and camel spit.  (Not that I was speaking from experience, but I do have a vivid imagination.)

It took weeks for me to start appreciating the rich aromatic flavour of a good cup of coffee.  It got to the point where coffee with cream tasted bland, and there is no way I would ever go back to cream in my coffee.

So what does this have to do with hardware reviews?