What is IBM advertising exactly?

[bran987]

I have a cloud.

What is a cloud?

A cloud is a computer surrounded by other computers and it makes me smart.

My cloud makes my electric bill cheaper.

Don't forget I am worldwide I have an accent.

My cloud makes the world better.

Don't forget I am a woman, and I may be an asian cloud too, or black. Or white.

My cloud makes me avoid traffic.

I'm an IBM'er my cloud makes the world better.

What am I supposed to call them up and ask them for?

 

[bruce9241]

They're trying to be progressive and appeal to hipsters and liberal faggots.

 

[Mr. dB]

Get off my cloud!

 

[stilleto]

cloud computing. the new buzzword.

 

[KillahBee]

smarter planet campaign. i have the campaign guidelines "cookbook" at my desk if you'd like to take a look. i know way too much about it already. killmyself.

 

[mrplunkey]

It was Sun Microsystems idea back before it was IBM's.

They envisioned almost all services you deal with day-to-day coming from a computing cloud somewhere out in cyberland.

 

[EnderJE]

The part that I don't really get about the cloud computing is how people don't see how much it's going back to the mainframe era (ie one large server in cyberland and a bunch of smarter terminals around it).

 

[javaguru]

In the late 1990's IBM cut their R&D staff in half and since then have been transition their business to be more service oriented (consulting etc.).

 

[PICK3]

It was Sun Microsystems idea back before it was IBM's.

They envisioned almost all services you deal with day-to-day coming from a computing cloud somewhere out in cyberland.

I remember laying in a fresh cut field looking up at the sky on a beautiful fall day and thinking ... all the clouds looks like vags

 

[SpyWizard]

shared computing process has been around a long time,,,, but now it can be done with server level vs MF computers