What’s the cloud? Ask a ten-year old.

By on December 2, 2010

In this fun and interesting video, huge consulting firm, Accenture, asks ten-year old kids what they think of cloud computing. The results are enlightening for a few reasons.

These kids are true digital natives, who have grown up with computers since birth, so their views lack posturing or discomfort with non-cloud alternatives. Although they’re just children, we know that out of the mouths of babes sometimes does come the truth.

And yeah, it’s obvious Accenture believes its own money trail leads into the cloud.

Related: For a deeper perspective on the impact of cloud computing, take a look at Cloud impact: A state of the art discussion (podcast).

[Thanks for ReadWriteWeb for the pointer to this video.]

(Cross-posted @ IT Project Failures Blog RSS | ZDNet)

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3 responses to “What’s the cloud? Ask a ten-year old.”

  1. Bob London
    Bob London December 2, 2010 at 8:13 am | | Reply

    Obviously done by the same people who created Microsoft’s new consumer ad campaign: “To the Cloud!”

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  3. Greg
    Greg December 2, 2010 at 8:53 pm | | Reply

    Wow – very thought provoking. This is their world. My five year old refers to my iPhone as my little iPad.

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