Cloud Computing - Thunderstrom in the making.

Implications: Cloud computing is putting your entire company in the hands of someone else, can you trust them? What if something happens to your cloud?

Analysis: In World War I the enemy fighters would hide in clouds and come at you with the sun behind them to attack. The clouds were also a good place to go hide.

Cloud computing has many hidden dangers that may be overlooked by many seeking to save some money by letting someone else do the work. Are you sure in the long run this is safe or will the users find out the hard way about the pitfalls.
The basic concept is that that the software you use is rented and on someone's computer, not yours, as could be your data and therefore your entire business.
The manager of any business needs to ask a few very important questions before moving to a cloud for support, what if the software guys living in that cloud change something and your entire system goes haywire. Look at some of the problems airlines have had with software changes. Look at the mess Apple Computer had with Mobile Me which is a cloud concept.
What if the company running your cloud goes belly up, the odds are you will be out of business in a matter of days. If a thunderstorm knocks out the power to your computer center and the back up power fails, what does it do to your current business, you would not be too happy.

Be very careful about clouds they are vapor and it is hard to stand on vapor.