Online Video and the Cloud - Ian Blaine’s guest feature in FierceOnlineVideo
Many professional media companies and content owners have their heads in the clouds these days – and for good reason. They are grappling with the best ways to build, operate or expand their broadband video businesses.
More of them are now talking about the notion of “cloud computing,” and how it can be applied to support the various elements required to run a broadband video site. The concept isn’t a new one, of course, but there are many important details that they need to explore. Before diving into this topic; however, let’s start with a common definition of cloud computing from Wikipedia, which defines it as “a style of computing in which dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources are provided as a service over the Internet. Users need not have knowledge of, expertise in, or control over the technology infrastructure in the ‘cloud’ that supports them.”
Read the rest of Ian’s article here.
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