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Cloud computing is on everyones mind. From Google being a front runner in the cloud computing arena to Microsoft wanting a piece of it and potentially knocking out any contenders and title holders. Microsoft is not going to watch the cloud they are going to jump right in. They want piece of the action and this is clear with their recent acquisition of OPALIS Software. CRN

Here are just a few words on what is going on:

Customers are looking for increased operations automation as they build out highly automated and scalable virtual environments in order to not only reduce costs but also to ensure the “services that drive their business are always available,” Anderson wrote.

The Opalis software is easy to use and quick to deploy, Anderson wrote. It also integrates out of the box with System Center to allow it to “integrate with otherinfrastructure software from CA, BMC (NYSE:BMC), HP (NYSE:HPQ) and others to integrate across an IT organization,” he wrote.

Todd DeLaughter, president and CEO of Opalis and a former manager of Hewlett-Packard’s OpenView management software business, wrote in a separate blog post that automated response is a core building block for IT, and is the foundation for cloud computing, which he defined as self-adjusting pools of computing resources that can be tuned based on real-time events.

“This is actually possible today with virtualization software, such as Microsoft Hyper-V Server, and automation tools, like Opalis and Microsoft System Center. The vendor who pulls this together with the cleanest, simplest approach will bring cloud computing to the masses,” DeLaughter wrote.

I think this is great to kick up the competition, all the while offering Medium – Large enterprise businesses more options to do business-as usual. Or need I say it, better than ever.

So where does this leave Google? What is next for us all consumer and Enterprise Techies?

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