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Private and Public Clouds Both To Thrive in 2012-> 0

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jg21

on Saturday October 29, @01:03AM

jg21 writes "If this this selection of IT industry views by Cloud Computing Journal is right, then the emphasis in 2012 and beyond for enterprise-level cloud computing, will remain firmly on Private Clouds. But at the same time Amazon is quietly turning its decidedly public cloud computing offerings like EC2 and S3 into a $1 BN dollar business. So no-one needs choose between the two models, it seems both are co-existing (and indeed growing) side by side."
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Private Cloud Trumps Public (for Enterprises)-> 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 28, @08:50AM

An anonymous reader writes "According to this round-up of industry views by Cloud Computing Journal, the emphasis in 2012 and beyond, for enterprise-level cloud computing, will remain firmly on Private Clouds. Curious, then, that in this same week we hear that Amazon may quietly be turning public cloud computing into a $1 BN dollar business. I wonder which view is right?"
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robot that walks forever-> 0

Submitted by lister king of smeg on Friday October 28, @01:20AM

lister king of smeg writes "engineers have created a robot that can walk indefinitely without power."
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What WikiLeaks Teaches Us About Cloud Computing-> 0

Submitted by jg21 on Friday December 03 2010, @01:35PM

jg21 writes "Since both Amazon Web Services and Tableau Software have showed the Web world that they are willing to withdraw service from a customer (WikiLeaks) without even receiving any kind of official legal challenge from a third party, it is hardly surprising that Cloud Computing Journal's commentary on the whole "Cablegate" issue should view it through the prism of Cloud Computing and the possible implications for the Web in 2011 and beyond. As open source freedom fighter Simon Phipps writes in his ComputerWorldUK blog, behavior like this by Amazon and Tableau "informs us as customers of web services and cloud computing services that we are never safe from intentional outages when the business interests of our host are challenged."

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Just 250 Players in the Cloud Ecosystem, or...?-> 0

Submitted by jg21 on Sunday September 12 2010, @02:58PM

jg21 writes "Given its status as the most-prominent-Website-on-the-Web-to-carry-only-very-few-posts-on-Cloud-Computing, it would maybe be fitting were Slashdot to be the only site on the Web to showcase Cloud Computing Journal's list of "The Top 250 Players in the Cloud Computing Ecosystem." The list isn't comprehensive, but it is porous. Companies who feel they should be listed can simply post their URL and their claim to Cloud fame right here on /. — clearly the list will grow beyond 250. Perhaps even mushroom. Which begs the question: are there now 500 players in the Cloud Computing ecosystem, or perhaps even 1,000? Estimates and suggestions, please."
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Just 250 Players in the Cloud Ecosystem, or...?-> 0

Submitted by jg21 on Sunday September 12 2010, @02:41PM

jg21 writes "Given its status as the-Web's-most-prominent-site-to-have-so-very-few-posts-relating-to-Cloud-Computing, it might be fitting were Slashdot to be the only major site to showcase Cloud Computing Journal's list of "The Top 250 Players in the Cloud Computer Ecosystem." It isn't a comprehensive list, but it is a porous one: companies not included who wish to be can submit themselves right here on /. by posting their URL and (brief) claim to Cloud fame. The list will obviously grow. Perhaps even mushroom. But to how many? Are there ready 500 players in the Cloud Computing ecosystem...or maybe even 1,000? Your best estimates (as well as your suggestions) please!"
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Has Intel Acquired Neocleus...or Hasn't It?-> 0

Submitted by jg21 on Friday September 03 2010, @04:27PM

jg21 writes "Virtualization Journal is asking whether yesterday's reports of Intel having acquired Neocleus might not perhaps have been premature. Reason being: the sole source of the news, the Neocleus company blog, has been taken down. Hoax, misunderstanding, or just a mistake — anyone out there know more about this?"
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Say No To Wi-Fi at Technical Conferences 0

Submitted by jg21 on Thursday April 22 2010, @09:44PM

jg21 writes "In the wake of New York's 5th Cloud Expo, Java veteran and Flex expert Yakov Fain has kick-started a campaign advocating the banning of Wi-Fi from all technical conferences. In a world where business-critical email comes via BlackBerries and iPhones etc., Fain's logic is impeccable: all attendees are doing is casually browsing the Internet, twitting, facebooking, blogging while attending technical presentations, so what's the Wi-Fi for? [From the article: "Is this why you or your employer paid for the ticket? I don't think so."]."

Cloud Computing: Ubiquitous...or Non-Existent?-> 0

Submitted by jg21 on Sunday November 08 2009, @11:37PM

jg21 writes "Depending on who you believe, cloud computing is either ubiquitous in both enterprise and consumer IT, or doesn't really exist at all as a separate product category. According to this article, recent weeks have seen an unprecedented concentration of Cloud-related articles, blogs, tweets, and events, and — more importantly — of product releases, partnership announcements, and M&A activity. But former PowerSoft/Sybase CEO recently claimed that there really is no specific "cloud computing' sector." Both viewpoints can't be right — so which interpretation are we to believe?"
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Cloud Computing Doesn't Exist-> 0

Submitted by jg21 on Tuesday October 27 2009, @09:44PM

jg21 writes "The former founder and CEO of Powersoft, venture capitalist Mitchell Kertzman, claims today that Cloud Computing doesn't exist. His opinion was sought along with that of other software executives still employed full-time in the trenches of Enterprise IT. From his 35,000-foot perch as Managing Director of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Kertzman acknowledges that his view is "contrarian." [From the article: "There really is no specific 'cloud computing' sector. I think that the lines between SaaS, PaaS, etc., virtualization and cloud computing are fuzzy and indistinct. To some extent, cloud is an overlay on virtualization, allowing dynamic elasticity for provisioning and deprovisioning, but that doesn't make it a separate sector."]"
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