{"id":88,"date":"2009-02-04T15:13:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-04T23:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/04\/backblaze-attending-techcrunch-cloud-computing-roundtable\/"},"modified":"2021-08-13T07:37:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T14:37:40","slug":"backblaze-attending-techcrunch-cloud-computing-roundtable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-attending-techcrunch-cloud-computing-roundtable\/","title":{"rendered":"Backblaze Attending TechCrunch Cloud Computing Roundtable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bb-bh-Allow-us-to-Introduce-Ourselves.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bb-bh-Allow-us-to-Introduce-Ourselves.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bb-bh-Allow-us-to-Introduce-Ourselves-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bb-bh-Allow-us-to-Introduce-Ourselves-1024x583.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bb-bh-Allow-us-to-Introduce-Ourselves-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bb-bh-Allow-us-to-Introduce-Ourselves-560x319.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">TechCrunch is holding its next roundtable on Feb 27<sup>th<\/sup> asking the question, <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20091222201835\/http:\/\/www.techcrunch.com\/whose-cloud-is-it-anyway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Whose Cloud Is It Anyway?&#8221;<\/a> Assembling 275 people together, TechCrunch intends to discuss whether clouds will be closed, warring platforms or open, interconnected systems.<\/p>\n<p>Other questions I believe should be discussed include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is the appropriate level for a cloud to exist at? (Providing raw computing power? API-level applications? Complete services?)<\/li>\n<li>Build vs. Buy\u2014When should organizations build their own clouds?<\/li>\n<li>Should consumers and businesses aim to consolidate into a single cloud or distribute their reliance among clouds?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to a fascinating discussion. Sign up for the event, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/company\/contact.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">email me<\/a> if you would like to meet there, and follow <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/backblaze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Backblaze<\/a> on Twitter for event updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TechCrunch is holding its next roundtable on Feb 27th asking the question, &#8220;Whose Cloud Is It Anyway?&#8221; Assembling 275 people together, TechCrunch intends to discuss whether clouds will be closed, warring platforms or open, interconnected systems. Other questions I believe should be discussed include: What is the appropriate level for a cloud to exist at?&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-attending-techcrunch-cloud-computing-roundtable\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Backblaze Attending TechCrunch Cloud Computing Roundtable<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[131,7,13],"tags":[468],"class_list":["post-88","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backblaze-bits","category-cloud-storage","category-events","tag-b2cloud","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Backblaze Attending TechCrunch Cloud Computing Roundtable<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"TechCrunch is holding its next roundtable on Feb 27th asking the question, &quot;Whose Cloud Is It Anyway?&quot; 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