With the U.S. presidential elections in the not-too-distant past, I thought it would be a timely opportunity to highlight a few of the results of a survey we conducted at the recent CloudCamp Silicon Valley.

Way back in my first Appistry blog post, "Cross-pollination, Beehives, the Game of Life, and You," I wrote about synthesis. I always find it fascinating how ideas morph, migrate across disciplines, and concepts either over time, or in a single, "eureka" instant. Cloud computing is an excellent example. Cloud computing is the new "next"   thing coming tomorrow. However, much of the technology behind the cloud is mature and ready today.