This is in response to my buddy Alex Hutton's blog post titled "Cloud Computing - Stormy Weather?"
If you took a poll
of folks in a crowd
asking them to define
what they thought of "the cloud"
not one could agree
on the relative impact
it will have on IT
utility, grid,
distributed resources
with the moving parts hid
its adoption is brisk
but like most "innovation"
we've forgotten 'bout risk
Be sovereign or efficient
I guess it depends
on where you think you're proficient
others tightly we'll clutch
manage risk with their gut
when new tech comes along
they're still mired in that rut
for standing in progress' way
yet we're stuck with defending
C, I and A
but oh yeah, compliant
Though the potential for loss,
means our exposure is giant
Amazon's never been breached
so we can trust that our data
will never be leached?
I guess this all depends
on which model of cloud
you decide to rely on
to make your CIO proud
Web 2 dot 0, SOA
'lastic clouds, fuzzy storage
It's the future, some say
the handwaving's distracting
from the uncomfortable truths
of what this is impacting
the stuff that we own
yet we're willing to outsource
where our assets call home?
can't control where it goes
but we'll transfer our risk
to someone nobody knows?
as tech. innovation
and suggesting that insight
will spur risk ideation?
Reduce loss?
Create efficient operations?
Those are quite lofty goals,
worthwhile machinations
But the cloud ain't an answer
it's a cyclic response,
evolutionary next-steps
to what the tech. industry wants
so a new one's created
to distract from the point
that we're being masturbated
been doing it for years!
Got a real game changer?
Hey man, I'm all ears.
You dress up this pig
in a nice looking dress
security will be here
to clean up the mess