Defining the cloudy cloud: the next gen infrastructure?
I agree, the cloud is vague, but we're talking about a set of technologies that you need to understand. What's makes a cloud? It's a matter of what you're enabling a set of compute and storage services...
View ArticleSecurity and the cloudy cloud: A revolution for the infrastructure?
In response to a comment - can the cloud ever provide you with enough security? I anticipate it will eventually have more security, and more in other capabilities, than any infrastructure you've built...
View ArticleThe story on Sun's Q1FY09 results - a loss, or a fresh start? Sun and the future
Sun posted a huge revenue loss, but discarding an unusual write-off, were things bad or not? Rain or shine, the Sun's still there.
View ArticleCleversafe - Where's my home solution? SOHO storage for the everyday man on...
Hey you Cleversafe folks, I really want you sitting in a box on my desk (well not you personally, but a storage box). Or on the shelf at Fry's Electronics. Yes, it's Friday, and I'm being irreverent,...
View ArticleCloudy clouds and standards
Whether you're a service provider, an application architect, or an end user, the cloud is still pretty cloudy. But we've already moved on to talking about standards. Is it too early, an impossible...
View ArticleNews flash - the Cloud is probably better than your data center
We are surrounded by buzz about security in the cloud, and James Niccolai at CW gets the story right - the cloud might be better than your data center.
View ArticleThe Cloud - stop the nonsense, it's about a better paradigm
Chatter on about the pros and the cons of the cloud as we might, you're seeing vendors demonstrate every day how the fundamental concept of cloud is changing how you will compute tomorrow. This is part...
View ArticleThe Cloud - staking out the infrastructure paradigm
In part 1 of this post I talked about emerging cloud technologies, and how one management technology built for the cloud paradigm is at play in bringing cloud-like capabilities to your infrastructure....
View ArticleShootout with TwinStrata: Google Apps or Microsoft Office which one is the...
The hidden costs of cloud computing. There is always lots of buzz around Google Apps availability and the tradeoffs versus Microsoft Office. TwinStrata throws out an interesting analysis, built from...
View ArticleOuch! The PC takes a bite out of Apple
Have a brand new broken Mac? Judging from the evidence, you're probably not alone. Apple's Mac is by every count more popular than it ever has been before, and probably getting more popular. But...
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