The market is hot . The technologies are appearing fast and furious . The tools you need are out there , but they are young, often untested, and always deliver unpredictable reliability . You’ve researched the economics, and you know now that cloud computing is a) here to stay , and b) offers economic advantages that--if realized--could stretch you IT budget and quite possibly catapult your career. Now what? What is often overlooked in the gleeful rush to cloud computing is the difficulty in molding the early technologies in the space into a truly bulletproof (or even bullet-resistant) business infrastructure. You see it all over the Internet; the push and pull between innovation and reliability , the concerns about security , monitoring and control , even the constant confusion over what entails cloud computing, what technologies to select for a given problem, and how to create an enterprise-class business system out of those technologies. Th...
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Post Date: 2008-07-16 22:16:00
What is the most important enabler of distributed computing architectures, such as cloud oriented architectures? What is the one thing that has to be in ample supply before the other elements of the data center come into play? Is it the number of servers or CPU power available for computing? Is it the size and speed of the disks and network storage devices? Is it the distributed software architectures themselves? My answer? None of the above. It’s network bandwidth , baby, all the ...
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Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: Cloud Computing Journal Launched
You knew this day was coming... I actually welcome an online pubication such as this, though I think ZDNet, CNet and others have been doing a fine job before now.
CLOUD COMPUTING JOURNAL
Your (possibly) first look at this new trade publication. Perhaps they need another well read blogger...?
Dedicated Servers Live Instantly! | NewServers
Uh, oh. Bare metal competitive with Amazon? Only problem i...
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SysAdmin Controls SanFran Computer Network - Data Center Knowledge
There is a human side to computer networks, that I think Cloud users and providers should take into account. That the technology was set up in such a way that a single person could do this much alone scares me greatly.
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ElasticVapor :: Life in the Cloud: RumorMill: Microsoft to Rollout EC2 for Windows in October 2008
Interesting...
The New Windows Multi-Touch | Britannica Blog
Off Topic: Microsoft enters the multi-touch gesture interface game. Very cool. I love my Mac multi-touch, but it is trackpad only at this point, not on the screen.
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