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Saturday, July 05, 2008 --- 64 days ago http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGigaspacesBlog/~3/320674204/
| There has been a lot of talk around Cloud Computing, a lot in the press, and it is currently the buzzword for the analysts. It’s often referred interoperably with software-as-a-service (SAAS) as both models offer computing on demand. Make no mistake Cloud Computing is not a fad and its not something for the future. It is here now and it is here to stay. In the future we will see more and more organisations shift from hosting their own services in DataCentre’s to using a “Cloud Platform” in which their services are stored. This cloud platform could use something like Amazon EC2 which provides the basic infrastructure or it could be Amazon EC2 + GigaSpaces if you require SLA guarantee’s, low latency, and the ability to scale out as well as handle spikes in service demand. Alternatively it could be Google Gears which acts as the cloud middleware and which enables you to have offline as well as an online capability. For some organisations it will take a while to feel comfortable having their data and service held offline hosted by a cloud provider. In particular this occurs within the finance domain, although I have no doubt that, over time, this will change. The Security levels are already available, it is more to do with the level of comfort they feel about doing this with what they regard as their IP. Even for these organisations the Cloud offers opportunities as well as savings. Having to wait 3 months or more for provisioning some equ ... |
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