By admin on June 1, 2010
Although by no means a new technology, cloud computing retains the buzz as one of the latest innovative – and potentially transformative – elements of the industry. But there remains quite a bit of confusion about what exactly is meant by cloud computing, often making the question of whether or not your startup should be in the cloud difficult to answer.
Should you move (or launch) your startup into the cloud? Proponents of cloud computing will likely tell you unequivocally “yes.” more entrenched IT forces may respond with an unequivocal “no.” …
Posted in Cloud Computing, Startups
By admin on April 16, 2010
A big question of any cloud-based OS is how it will handle local tasks such as printing. Today, that question is answered.
Google’s Chromium blog goes in depth and gives two viable ways that printing will be handled in the cloud and through the cloud …
Posted in Cloud Computing
By admin on March 17, 2010
At times it feels like the concept of cloud computing is as ephemeral as a towering cumulus cloud on a summer day. It passes by, changes shape and looks different to every person who views it. But like those clouds in the sky, there’s a lot of complexity out there, especially as it concerns how data is managed in a multi-tenant environment.
The issue keeps coming up. First off, there are no existing standards for moving data in the cloud. Third party vendors like CloudSwitch are providing ways to “drag and drop,” data from on-premise to a cloud environments. But there is just no standardized way to move information between cloud networks …
Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged cloud computing, cloudswitch, data integration, informatica
By admin on March 10, 2010
To keep up with the growth of cloud computing and virtualization, networks keep evolving. But unlike Twitter’s Trending Topics, IT budgets don’t scale up. In fact one of the major initiatives in many IT shops is creatively reduce their own expense.
To get to a scalable cloud infrastructure where costs are contained, it sounds like the network industry is going to see a time where a “Linux” arrives on the scene. An open source alternative to building networks may disrupt the networking landscape and give network admins an open source network operating system …
Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged cloud, IP network, soa, virtualization, xml
By admin on March 6, 2010
The move to virturalization leaves stone is being left unturned. It touched the public network via EC2 (and now a host of hosts) it formed the Cloud and fused a new generation of the Internet. Service orientated also hits the data centers and this means things like switches, servers, and disk.
At the core of the movement of virtualization movement is freedom of the physical environment. Optimize hardware performance and set the workload free. In the process of doing this, a promise of cost savings has set a off a storm in re-factoring the data center.
This is the first in a series of posts taking a look at areas of the data center and how an openness strategy become a driver for winning customers by bringing costs down …
Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged cloud computing, data center, hitachi, storage, virtualization
By admin on February 18, 2010
Microsoft President Stephen Elop says the cloud has created a “constructive disruption,” in the market, creating an opportunity to offer Microsoft Office on the Web at no cost.
It also looks like the cloud is disrupting Microsoft’s pricing structure quite a bit. The issue: cloud computing may be the future but the margins will drop …
Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged cloud computing, microsoft office, microsoft office 2010, stephen elop
