The "Virtual" become real and exceeds all expectations!

My sister and more recently myself have been "virtually connecting" with this amazingly prolific and thought-providing blogster----GUY!
Today, I had the good fortune to sit down and have a cup of coffee (me consuming such only; as he does not have such addictions, I discovered)with this amazing man.
We both knew we were on the same page; when he mentioned one of my most favorite books about efficiency---"The Goal" by Goldratt!
He, too is recognizing that Cloud Computing is truly a Business Strategy, as my good friend, Bob Hasslinger puts it----and the "Clouds" are going, just awaiting our Sowing & Reaping (aka HARVESTING).
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We both reflected upon the fact that we are just tiptoeing into the makings of a "perfect storm" for revitalizing our competitiveness---
* Thanks to having rapidly growing Cloud Computing capabilities to harvest
* Knowledgeable Babyboomers who play well with the 20-somethings
* Both worker sets looking for work & willing to do so @ reduced labor costs
* Cost of money rates that are nearly the lowest ever recorded in the U.S.
* Investors that are very liquid w/lack of faith in Washington or Wall Street
* Lowest costs for Total LifeCycles of consumer goods that cannot be matched
Obviously, our conversations will be continuing; and he will be meeting some folks that I know who have ample funds; and truly are motivated to create wealth-generating legacies for our kids, grandkids and great grandkids---in spite of Washington.

Clouds 2 Rescue or Vice Versa

Us "handson" process guys that have ridden cow-spotted boxes (Gateway days)throughout entire Product+Service Lifecycle are even more valuable as "CloudHarvestors" Partner (past state CIO) just completed such ride using CISCO-led UCS data center consolidation into 6, soon 8 blade server config.