Cloud Computing

Source: www.moreover.com --- 1 day ago
Yesterday, Americans celebrated Independence Day - and I got to spent too much of the day loafing around paging lazily through a whole bunch of more or less nutty political sites. ...

Source: websphere.sys-con.com --- 1 day ago
Parallels announced that ProServe has selected Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.0 to deliver a cost-efficient and scalable Online Backup solution via a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model. Parallels Virtuozzo Containers provides the virtualization technology for ProServe's Virtual Online Backup Server (VOBS) offering. By using Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, ProServe is able to deliver an on-line backup solution with the necessary performance, cost-efficiency, scalability and isolation required for their VOBS offered in a SaaS delivery model. ...

Source: java.sys-con.com --- 1 day ago
NetSuite, the Larry Ellison SaaS company, is buying OpenAir, the 56-man shop that is supposed to be the leader in on-demand professional services automation, for $26 million cash, net of the cash on the acquisition's balance sheet. NetSuite says it probably won't be able recognize most of the deferred revenue on OpenAir's balance sheet so the acquisition will add to its losses this year. It is now projecting non-GAAP losses of $2.5 million-$3.5 million (four-six cents) on revenues of $156 million-$159 million. ...

Source: www.sys-con.com --- 1 day ago
What do the following companies all have in common: Amazon, Microsoft, Google, EMC, VMware, IBM, Sun, Dell, Akamai, SalesForce.com, NetSuite, and Activision. Answer: Cloud Computing. Merill Lynch analysts reckon that by 2011 the volume of Cloud Computing market opportunity will amount to $160BN, including $95BN in business and productivity apps (e-mail, office, CRM, etc.) and $65BN in online advertising. ...

Source: www.web2journal.com --- 10 hours ago
There seems to be a lot of debate as to what Grid Computing really is. In fact, the blogosphere seems to be throwing around terms like Grid, Cloud, Utility, Distributed and Cluster Computing almost interchangeably. And rather than clarifying things, I feel that the waters are just getting muddier. ...

Source: www.sys-con.com --- 9 hours ago
Google is currently the pet of the American consumer. Although many in the industry don't find it particularly likeable, the company's reputation is tops among US consumers, based largely on how it treats employees and a perception of social responsibility, according to a Harris poll, in which Google dislodged Microsoft from the perch. Johnson & Johnson, the Band-Aid king, came in second and Intel third. Microsoft is now number 10. Google was previously number four. Companies with the worst reps include Halliburton, Comcast, Northwest Airlines and Exxon. ...

Source: www.lockergnome.com --- 1 day ago
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Source: www.web2journal.com --- 1 day ago
Oracle's earnings, better than expected, were up 27% to $2 billion or 39 cents a share in its fourth fiscal quarter on revenues up 24% to $7.24 billion and good thing too considering Oracle is this week's roundly watched harbinger of what's happening in the economy at this very, um, nasty intersection. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison thinks Oracle's results said more about Oracle's execution than the macro economy. ...

Source: www.cio.com --- 1 day ago
Data integrity, recovery, privacy and regulatory compliance are key issues to consider. ...

Source: royal.pingdom.com --- 4 hours ago
A year ago the term “Cloud Computing” wasn’t even on the radar. Now it’s everywhere. Microsoft is doing it, Amazon is doing it, IBM is doing it, Google is doing it, Sun is doing it, Apple is doing it, HP is doing it, everyone is doing it. We thought this would be interesting in relation to [...] ...

Source: blogs.simba.com --- 1 day ago
This is a question I have been pondering for some time. How will the Cloud Computing change BI and Data Warehousing? In theory, it should be much easier to get a system up an running. This is the same reason... ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 10 hours ago
Appcelerator ICEsoft Kaazing Nexaweb Sun KEYNOTES: New Solution Leverages Virtual Private Data Center and Datacenter Abstraction Layer to Enable Cloud Computing Jul. ...

Source: digitalfreak.net --- 12 hours ago
iPhone 3G Countdown has started a while ago… D-day -10!! Can’t wait already!!! But what will the iPhone 3G bring you that’s really new?? Two of the (only) reasons to switch to the new iPhone 2nd Generation aka iPhone 3G is of course the 3G technology that delivers high speed internet connection but also A-GPS navigation. With the [...] ...

Source: thefutureofstorage.com --- 1 day ago
You’ve probably heard the buzz-word “Cloud Computing” tossed around recently. Cloud Computing is the next big thing in remote and distributed Computing and is very much in fashion now for many industry bellwethers like IBM, Sun, Amazon, Google and storage giants like EMC. You don’t have to have a degree in IT to see it coming together. If [...] ...

Source: deepakkapoor.net --- 1 hour ago
It should be no surprise that Microsoft is getting into Cloud Computing. Other than ordering servers in thousands Microsoft is giving more hints about their presence in Cloud Computing space. While browsing sessions list for PDC 2008 I came across sessions which will targeted towards Cloud Computing. There are already players in [...] ...

Source: sachendra.wordpress.com --- 1 day ago
Ok, so for those of you who don’t know what it is, here’s the Wikipedia definition: The Computing resources being accessed are typically owned and operated by a third-party provider on a consolidated basis in Data Center locations. Target consumers are not concerned with the underlying technologies used to achieve the increase in server capability, [...] ...

Source: www.gigaspacesblog.com --- 23 hours ago
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 ...

Source: urbanetix.wordpress.com --- 1 day ago
Each communication tool seems to represent a different kind of “head space” to me. In reality, I’m using many many software platforms, widgets, and technologies, but I think it can be broken down into a few broad categories. Informal Learning, Human Brains, & Cloud Computing - Fleep’s Deep Thoughts Blogged with the Flock Browser [...] ...

Source: www.windowsitpro.com --- 8 hours ago
Call it Cloud Computing, Software Plus Services, or S+S—Microsoft Live Mesh is an operating environment that offers a Web-based version of the Windows Vista desktop and a browser-based feature to remotely access the desktop of any linked PC. ...