Big thanks to the “Georges” from enStratus, and Jeff Brand from Microsoft for organizing another great CloudCamp event!  It was very eye-opening to compare this year’s event to the 2009 CloudCamp, as it was obvious that many attendee’s opinions of the cloud has shifted over the course of a year.

At CloudCamp MSP 2009, the majority of the conversations revolved around what the cloud was, what it was not, questioning security and availability, and how organizations could get started reaping the benefits from this new phenomenon.  This year, however, the focus shifted to discussions around how organizations are using the cloud, how they’ve mashed-up best-of-breed cloud applications, and understanding what benefits different cloud service providers - such as Force.com, Amazon, and Google App Engine - provide.  The most tell-tale sign that the perception of the cloud has changed - especially related to security concerns -  was realized by a single tweet from @geekandi: “whoop! Security breakout has 3 people now! :)”.

With this kind of a shift in a year, any speculations on what CloudCamp MSP 2011 will bring?