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Hey! You! Get off of my cloud - computing structure
Blog In the same way that Intel’s multi-core parallelism mantra has been cited as something of a throwback to the parallel computing processes that IBM was talking about in the sixties - so cloud computing is, arguably, just another way of extending...
[August 17, 2008, 16:04]
Novell aims to tighten cloud security
News At the moment, cloud-services people are talking about single sign-on to cloud services. But Novell is talking about sharing the roles, policies and workflows so that the cloud becomes part of your infrastructure.
[July 30, 2009, 15:13]
A clear view of cloud computing
Blog Here at the VMworld Conference, everyone is talking about cloud computing. IT managers may even begin to use this kind of cloud configuration as part of their disaster recovery plans. Ironically for a conference in sunny Las Vegas, people here are...
[September 17, 2008, 16:55]
"Services not Servers" can I trademark that?
Blog In the 6 weeks since my last blog I’ve read articles talking about the end of SaaS and that Cloud Computing will not take off the ground. You see, fundamentally both Saas and Cloud Computing are very good ideas if properly implemented, managed and...
[September 12, 2008, 15:59]
EMC's Tucci: Next big things in IT
News Specifically, EMC sees a future in which cloud computing represents the service providers' datacentres — completely virtualised and available to serve a variety of specialised applications on demand. In his keynote address on Monday at EMC World...
[May 22, 2009, 12:21]
Privacy group asks regulators to halt Google apps
News It argues that a formal legal injunction halting all Google cloud-computing services pending formal government approval is necessary to "adequately safeguard the confidential information" of users. We have a similar view of cloud computing at this...
[March 18, 2009, 8:40]
Channel hopping to third party virtualisation
Blog I think it’s an interesting commercial reality that many of us fail to consider when looking at cloud computing constructs i.e.who meters, packages and bills this kind of technology? This is a very important strategic move and puts Cobweb in a...
[June 8, 2009, 16:14]
Cambridge IT managers talk virtualisation, cloud
News Bamber was less concerned with the buzz surrounding cloud computing. ZDNet UK was at the conference, held on Friday, to get delegates' views on hot topics such as virtualisation, cloud computing and the challenges posed by a new generation of tech...
[December 3, 2008, 9:30]
How Windows Azure avoided a HailStorm of criticism
News Trust is indeed an issue with cloud computing, Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie told ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com in an interview earlier this week. Cloud computing is ultimately going to be [about]: do you trust this provider to...
[October 30, 2008, 12:10]
Ballmer: Beating Google on search will take time
News Ballmer did say that Red Dog and other cloud-computing efforts are key to winning the battle for developers, particularly web developers. I think at the end of the day, cloud computing will be dictated by the interests and the degree to which you...
[September 26, 2008, 8:23]
News Schmooze: Bill Gates brings on the lurve machine
News The hackers who put ISP Cloud Nine out of business look likely to get off scott-free, as they took the precaution of deleting Cloud Nine's Web logs after they did the business. Amazingly, millions of lines of journalism have been written about .Net...
[February 15, 2002, 17:06]
Cloud pushing telecoms into bandwidth boost
News Cloud computing and net neutrality are becoming major factors in forcing telecoms operators to upgrade their core network bandwidth, according to an industry analyst. One is cloud computing — Juniper thinks that will rival video as far as core...
[June 9, 2009, 16:36]
Hey! You! Get off of my cloud!
Blog A cloud was used to illustrate how corporate LANs were connected to each other, way before we could tap into the internet to get them talking. Cloud computing is big news -- for all the right and all the wrong reasons.
[August 20, 2008, 9:45]
EDS gives HP services and cloud solution
Blog Comment Colin, I totally agree that getting the infrastructure right is key to successful cloud computing and the big industry players are exploring what this means, e.g. These are some of the questions that companies should ask when investigating cloud...
[December 17, 2008, 14:32]
Dell expected to lose 'cloud computing' trademark bid
News We're an enabler for the cloud-computing businesses, so we'd have a hard time talking about the space we're in and the specific product we deliver," he said. The US Patent and Trademark Office has backtracked on an earlier move to grant Dell...
[August 11, 2008, 9:18]
The evolution of virtualisation
Blog In Greene’s own words this type of technology is an, “Early step towards cloud computing. Greene also spent some time talking about the environmental aspects of virtualisation as the opportunity exists to reduce server power consumption.
[February 26, 2008, 11:37]
Adobe clouds billow around a ‘sandbox in the sky’
Blog Where would we have been in 2008 without cloud computing to throw our ‘ah-hem’ erudite opinions at? Well… Adobe used this week to leave a few vapour trails detailing its latest cloud-based offering for developers looking for a build and test...
[January 15, 2009, 23:12]
Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 now available to MSDN developers
Blog The launch of this tools suite comes some five months after I interviewed Microsoft’s Jason Zander and Matt Carter for ZDNet.co.uk about the forthcoming release, which has been expected to feature a set of product enhancements focused on software...
[May 18, 2009, 8:09]
Are You in Cloud Computing Land?
Blog The other driver is that senior executives (who tend to learn most of their IT knowledge on the golf course, talking to other similarly IT-illiterate executives - I'll call them the ignorati) have cottoned on to the cost-saving possibilities of...
[September 2, 2009, 9:29]
Governments urged to lay foundation for SaaS
News Today, an enterprise can go shopping in the cloud and buy some storage here, some social-networking framework there, and put together something strategic and unique that does not require any new servers, square footage or administrative staff.
[September 18, 2008, 11:29]
