cloud computing (Score: 1) by rocks@pipedot.org on 2014-03-20 12:42 (#Q4) seems incredibly attractive in principle, i.e., outsourcing data backups and ubiquitous access to services are value-added features.The risks are to data privacy and service lock-in, I suppose. It will be interesting to see which businesses and practices migrate towards or away from cloud computing going forward.I wonder whether IBM will compete with offerings from Google, Amazon, and Apple, or attempt to differentiate its offerings for niche business categories. Any thoughts on niche business categories where cloud-computing services are not and, perhaps, will not be addressed by the big consumer-facing companies?