My friend Sérgio has a problem. He wants to have more control over his monthly budget. And to be able to achieve his goal  he has developed a very nice, simple, but very powerful spreadsheet application. But that was not enough: to be able to effectively manage his finances he had to be able to access to his application on a regular basis. So, how will he be able to do that? He has several computers and even a Nokia with a spreadsheet application (and a web browser). Where will he  put his application and how could he have it accessible every time and everywhere?

After infinite hours of brainwash about Cloud Computing and its amazing capabilities, Sérgio decided that this was the opportunity to try it. So he did it, he decided to use Google Docs, and  without any real faith, he uploaded the application (excel spreadsheet file). After a few seconds, there he was, using Cloud Computing with its full power…

This was a short post, and it only took a few seconds to read. It took almost the same time that Sérgio had to wait to use Cloud Computing. So, what are you waiting for?

I hope that you won’t wait as much as Gartner Consulting is proposing. They are saying that Cloud computing will not be at its full power until 2015. As you can see this is not exactly truth, Sérgio is already taking benefit of Cloud Computing. I’m another example, I’m using cloud-enabled applications in my daily work, and I can say that I’m taking real benefit from its utilization.  For more details about how this statement from Gartner Consulting is valued please follow the Cloud Computing Google Groups discussion pushed by Greg Pfister.

For more complex and detailed stories about the efforts to use Cloud Computing please read the Rick Mahn experiences.