Cloud Computing Virtualizing Tier 1 Applications: A Critical Step on the Journey Toward the Private CloudVirtualizing Tier 1 Applications: A Critical Step on the Journey Toward the Private Cloud This IDC white paper explains how much of the Enterprise IT community is at a crossroads in extending their journey to the private cloud: Companies must… [Read more…]
July 18, 2011
Security Panel (Boise State)Security Panel (Boise State) While cloud computing is certain to offer a dramatic shift in enterprise computing with scalability, flexibility and cost-effectiveness, there are still some deep concerns over data and infrastructure security. Listen to this exclusive webcast to learn how security is a central focus for the most capable … Bridging… [Read more…]
July 10, 2011
The data-as-a-service marketplace – semantic or not – suddenly does seem to be on fire. Microsoft has its Windows Azure Marketplace that’s tied closely into its cloud hosting platform; InfoChimps has its downloadable and API-accessible structured and unstructured data sets, with a strong focus on Twitter; xignite has its financial market data on-demand; SimpleGeo goes… [Read more…]
June 23, 2011
InfoQ: The Current Status and Predictions on Cloud Computing from Cloud Leaders InfoQ: The Current Status and Predictions on Cloud Computing from Cloud Leaders Werner Vogels from Amazon and Satya Nadella from Microsoft talked about the current status of cloud computing, while Lew Tucker from Cisco and Jon Weinman from HP made some predictions on… [Read more…]
June 22, 2011
Links from Infostreams on: Cloud Computing Virtualization And Cloud Security Startup Bromium Raises $9.2M From Andreessen Horowitz And Others Virtualization And Cloud Security Startup Bromium Raises $9.2M From Andreessen Horowitz And Others In March we wrote about new Andreessen Horowitz partner Peter Levine’s first investment for the fund in Bromium, a stealthy startup that was… [Read more…]
December 20, 2010
From Four Broad Trends Gartner has identified four broad trends that will change IT, and the economy, in the next 10 years: Cloud – the basis of a discontinuity that amounts to a new opportunity Business impact of social computing – the underlying ethos, culture and attitude change in business Context Aware Computing – seek… [Read more…]
October 2, 2010
You hear a lot about Cloud Computing. What is this Cloud thingy anyway? From the various definition of cloud computing we will just pick a couple. Computing in which services and storage are provided over the Internet (or “cloud”) – Wictionary Cloud computing is Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to… [Read more…]
August 18, 2011
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