I work with cloud infrastructure for a living and I can say this guy has it right. Except his assessment of Amazon's cloud is incorrect - they do IAAS similar to Azure so their cloud is actually very similar to Azure except that it doesn't run only MSFT Windows virtual servers, it runs anything you want. That said, Azure is a powerful IAAS and proven cloud and is the best choice obviously for running Xbox's cloud. PSN will never catch up to its sophistication there are only a ...
Gaikai is a video streaming service cloud for games similar to the now defunct OnLive service. That is not what this article is about. Video game streaming is a great idea for the future, but that would mean it's more of a replacement for a PS4 altogether, not necessarily an enhancement for the next gen consoles like Xbox1 and PS4. That's because the tech would be hardware agnostic for example you could use your ipad to play PS4 games, since all it's doing is streaming the vide...