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- Cloud Computing
- (1) Performing enormous scientific calculations in hundreds or thousands of idle machines within an enterprise or worldwide. See grid computing. See also utility computing.
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- So what is the cloud, exactly? Experts want to know
- So what is the cloud, exactly? Industry experts would like to know, according to a panel discussion today at Wharton Business School's 13th annual business technology conference, "Future Unleashed," in Philadelphia. The panel, which consisted of six industry leaders whose respective companies are...
- Blog posts 2009-02-27
- Automated PaaS migration now a reality
- The first reports of Coghead customers successfully migrating applications to a new platform are starting to come through. Some automated tools even do instant migrations, a potentially ground-breaking innovation born of the necessity of Coghead's demise. by Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2009-02-27
- Imagine if Twitter became a Google App
- I'm slowly but surely becoming a social media geek, and keep looking for ways to make use of slick Web 2.0 tools like Twitter and Ning in the classroom. Now, the announcement that Google has made themselves a Twitter account has fueled some serious speculation that Google just might...
- Blog posts 2009-02-26
- How will the recession affect Silicon Valley?
- I recently spoke with Silicon Valley veteran Bill Coleman about Silicon Valley and its future. Mr Coleman worked at VisiCorp on the first spreadsheet, he headed development of Sun's Solaris, he co-founded BEA Systems which sold to Oracle for $3.5bn, and he now runs Cassatt, a cloud computing tech startup....
- Blog posts 2009-02-26
- SaaS: The supply management market's economic stimulus?
- 2008 was a very strong year for supply management vendors, despite the dismal global economy. The market grew 9%, reaching $3.0B in spending for software and services. Most buyers focused on improving processes in sourcing, spend analysis, procurement, contract management, settlement, and supplier performance management. A closer...
- Blog posts 2009-02-26
- What is cloud computing?
- We've been reading quite a bit about cloud computing recently. Many find all of this chatter confusing because they really don't have a clear idea of what this is. To tell you the truth, I hear so many different definitions from so many different sources that I find myself confused...
- Blog posts 2009-02-26
- Another outage, another dashboard
- Finally, Google has followed a long line of leading SaaS and cloud providers trying to break into the enterprise market in introducing a status dashboard. Why did it take so long? This is now baseline best practice for providers. by Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2009-02-26
- News to know: Congress; Newser; Apple; VMware; High-speed rail
- Harry Fuller: Confronting Congressional hypocrisy The U.S. is losing it Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Newser Versus The New York Times, Revisited: Who's Copying Whom? Andrew Nusca: Apple director: 'no change' in Jobs' plans Sam Diaz: No Twitter blasts...
- Blog posts 2009-02-26
- Paglo re-branded as SaaS
- Paglo, which gives network managers greater visibility into their networks, announced some cool enhancements Monday that are now "part of the Paglo IT Management SaaS platform." by Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-02-25
- ID thieves go phishing for GTalk, GMail passwords
- If you use Google's GMail or GTalk services, pay special attention to random e-mails or instant messages requesting your login credentials. There is a major spam run underway with a phishing scam using social engineering techniques to snag Google Account usernames and passwords and, according to multiple...
- Blog posts 2009-02-25
- Did privacy laws bring down Gmail yesterday?
- Now we know that yesterday's Gmail outage was due to new code Google is developing to keep data 'geographically close to its owner'. My guess is that the new code is there to help Google and its customers comply with Europe's privacy laws. by Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2009-02-25
- Red Dog: Five questions with Microsoft mystery man Dave Cutler
- Dave Cutler, the father of the NT and VMS operating systems, is a key member of Microsoft's Red Dog cloud OS team. I had a chance to ask Cutler about what he's working on now. Here's our exchange. by Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-02-25
- VMware's cloud computing announcements
- VMware's cloud computing announcementsPlease explain the concept to a non cloud proI am a manager of a company wanting to base our software solutions in the cloud. I need clarification as to how these initiatives and seemingly lacking standards will affect my company in the future. My concerne right now...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-25
- VMware's cloud computing announcements
- VMware told us more about its cloud computing strategy, cleverly named "vCloud". If you'll remember, Paul Maritz please see Notes from VMworld for a discussion of the inital announcement of this strategy. This time, a bit more information on VMware's Virtual Datacenter Operating system (VDC-OS) and VMware's VCloud API. Although...
- Blog posts 2009-02-25
- News to know: Safari 4, HP, Gmail outage, Ballmer's bets, SaaS adoption
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Safari 4 coverage: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Safari 4 - This is one fast browser! Ryan Naraine: ...
- Blog posts 2009-02-25
- 10 ways to manage your risk with Web applications
- Web apps continue to grow in popularity, but companies have legitimate concerns about security and reliability. Here are some ways to address potential risks and make sure you choose the right vendor.This download is also available as an entry in our 10 Things blog.
- Download resources 2009-02-25
- iClip Lyrics 1.3.2 (Mac)
- iClip Lyrics searches for the lyric of playing track and adds it in the TagID3. If the lyric has not been found you can start a Google Search, select the lyric and paste it in the current song with a click! iClip Lyrics allows you easly edit the lyrics and...
- Software downloads 2009-02-25
- Iomega eyes small business with VMware-ready NAS
- Storage provider Iomega today announced two VMware Ready Certified networks attached storage products designed to give small businesses the same virtualization flexibility as their enterprise-level counterparts. A small business running Exchange on one server and another application on another server could run both apps on a single...
- Blog posts 2009-02-24
- Will Gmail's outage make me think twice about Edu Apps?
- There's a very short answer here: No. Not for a second. We all know that Gmail went down for a while this morning and the naysayers are happy to point to the doom of the cloud. ZDNet's Sam Diaz, however, wrote a great "the sky isn't falling"...
- Blog posts 2009-02-24
- Red Hat's KVM play should give Citrix and VMware pause
- When I heard last week that Microsoft and Red Hat would cooperate on Xen virtualization, I knew the Linux leader's long awaited KVM strategy would be right around the corner. It's no secret that Red Hat has chosen KVM in the Linux kernel over Xen as...
- Blog posts 2009-02-24
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