Category: Cool Stuff
Guest Post: Measuring the Adoption of Cloud Computing
***This is a guest blog post by David Kelleher on behalf of GFI Software. The views in this post do not necessarily reflect the opinions of CloudComputingZone.com. If you are would like to guest blog for us, use our contact form and send us your submission*** By many accounts, cloud computing has become the next [...]
Guest Blog: The Cloud Understands Geography
***This is a guest blog post from Patrick Jobin of Storagepipe.com. The views in this post do not necessarily reflect the opinions of CloudComputingZone.com. If you are would like to guest blog for us, use our contact form and send us your submission*** I think that, by this point, most of the suspicion and distrust [...]
Smartphones are the Cloud’s Secret Ingredient
A new survey reveals that many experts feel that cloud computing and smartphones go together like vodka and Red Bull. What does that mean for IT managers? Fasten your seat belts, we’re in for a bumpy ride. The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life project recently conducted the fourth iteration of its “Future of [...]
Microsoft reveals CDN pricing for Azure
In November 2009, Microsoft announced its intentions to add a content-delivery network (CDN) capability to its Windows Azure cloud offering. At the end of May, the company announced pricing plans for this functionality. The Azure CDN extends the storage piece of the Windows Azure cloud operating system, allowing developers to deliver high-bandwidth content more quickly [...]
Cloud vs OpenXML: Microsoft has a preference
Microsoft will base support for the final OpenXML standard on customer demand. The market leader at this point prefers to move its clients to cloud computing, said Stephen Elop, president of Microsoft’s Business Division. He considers cloud offerings a good extension of the desktop software that Microsoft currently sells. “OpenXML can be implemented for a [...]
Microsoft betting that India will lead the world in Cloud Computing
NEW DELHI: Microsoft Corp sees India as the global hub for cloud computing, the concept of renting computing power that has taken the technology world by storm and in the words of the NYT, what Silicon Valley cannot seem to get its head out of. “India will not only see a surge in cloud computing [...]
Oracle’s Larry Ellison eats his words on Cloud Computing
After Ellison’s colorful rants about the cloud’s absurdity, idiocy, and nonsense, Oracle’s expanding its cloud technology, advocacy, and marketing. After all the showmanship and on-stage theatrics, it really comes down to this: Larry Ellison is allowing his company to love the cloud because orange is the new pink for Oracle. This story offers a, uh, [...]
Oracle’s Larry Ellison eats his words on Cloud Computing
After Ellison’s colorful rants about the cloud’s absurdity, idiocy, and nonsense, Oracle’s expanding its cloud technology, advocacy, and marketing. After all the showmanship and on-stage theatrics, it really comes down to this: Larry Ellison is allowing his company to love the cloud because orange is the new pink for Oracle. This story offers a, uh, [...]
Software as a Service in Nigeria?
Cool article from the Nigerian Inquirer about software as a service from yours truly: This is the first of a multi-part series of tech articles I am writing for the Nigerian Inquirer. I would like to discuss some technology solutions that I believe would be appropriate and timely for Nigeria today. I was originally going [...]
Conversations with David Chappell about Windows Azure and Cloud Computing
Interesting new Windows Azure related video. David Gristwood engages David Chappell in conversation about Windows Azure and cloud computing, and explore which applications are great candidates for Windows Azure, and, interestingly which ones don’t, as well as discussing the differences between Infrastructure vs Platform as a Service, and the role of private vs public cloud. [...]
Bay area is tech savvy
According to the survey, Bay Ares residents are more excited by technology (78 percent of Bay Area respondents vs. 67 percent for the U.S.) and are more involved in technology innovations (60 percent Bay Area compared to 50 percent for the U.S). While only 18 percent of Americans can accurately define the cloud and cloud [...]
11 Things to Know About WPC Sessions
With a little more than a month until the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Washington, D.C., session descriptions are beginning to appear in earnest on the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) Portal. We’ve scoured the available listings for some highlights. Steve Ballmer Keynote. The CEO is confirmed for his usual keynote. Even when Ballmer doesn’t [...]
Cloud Computing Security Today
One of the most heated debates in all of enterprise computing these days centers on the security of cloud computing. One IT camp argues that cloud computing is inherently more secure because of the ability to invest in all the policies and expertise required to make the overall IT environment secure. The other camp argues [...]
Core fundamentals of cloud computing
Interesting article from James Staten at ZDnet. Even though he states that Cloud Computing definitions and assertions have become more complicated and confusing, I have to agree with some of his fundamental assertions.. There are three core fundamentals to cloud computing which distinguish it from traditional IT and other Internet services that bring forth its [...]
Microsoft sues Salesforce.com
Microsoft has filed a lawsuit against Salesforce.com for allegedly infringing nine unspecified Microsoft CRM-related patents. Microsoft posted a statement on its Web site acknowledging it had taken legal action on May 18. Here’s an excerpt from that statement from Horacio Gutierrez, corporate vice president and deputy general counsel of Intellectual Property and Licensing: “Microsoft has [...]
10 things about Cloud Computing you should know..
They should have re-named this year’s Interop “Up in the Cloud” because the dominant theme at this April’s business computing show was the time has come for Cloud computing. And yet there remains so much that many of us — CIOs very much included — still don’t get about this fundamental shift of computing out [...]
Mark Cuban thinks that Netflix’s streaming success is unsustainable
Let me start by saying I am a HUGE Mark Cuban fan so this article caught my eye a couple of weeks ago. I just remembered to show it to you guys… He basically has been right on a few BIG things and feels he is right here again about the long term non-viability of [...]
Mark Cuban thinks that Netflix's streaming success is unsustainable
Let me start by saying I am a HUGE Mark Cuban fan so this article caught my eye a couple of weeks ago. I just remembered to show it to you guys… He basically has been right on a few BIG things and feels he is right here again about the long term non-viability of [...]
Air Force to establish cloud computing research center of excellence
U.S. Air Force researchers want to establish a research center of excellence in assured cloud computing, and they are looking to partner with a college or university to host and collaborate in assured cloud computing research. The Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate in Rome, N.Y., issued a broad agency announcement (BAA-10-10-RIKA) Friday, which seeks [...]
MSDN Video: Simulcast Event: Get Cloud Ready with Windows Azure (Part 5 of 7): Building Applications for the Cloud
The cloud is everywhere and here at Microsoft we’re flying high with our cloud computing release, Windows Azure. As most of you saw at the Professional Developers Conference, the reaction to Windows Azure has been nothing short of “wow” – and based on your feedback, we organized this special, all-day Windows Azure Firestarter event to [...]
MSDN Video: Simulcast Event: Get Cloud Ready with Windows Azure (Part 4 of 7): SQL Azure
The cloud is everywhere and here at Microsoft we’re flying high with our cloud computing release, Windows Azure. As most of you saw at the Professional Developers Conference, the reaction to Windows Azure has been nothing short of “wow” – and based on your feedback, we organized this special, all-day Windows Azure Firestarter event to [...]
New Cloud Computing Directory
Our Cloud Computing company Directory is one of the best SEO friendly web directories you can submit your site to. It’s updated regularly and we have detailed information about the different categories of Cloud Computing companies. The Cloud Computing Zone is a leading source of Cloud Computing information and eyeballs on the internet today and if you are [...]
New Cloud Computing Forum
Introducing our new Cloud Computing forum… You can head over there and share your opinions about Cloud Computing companies and Cloud Computing news and information.. Head to the Cloud Computing forums…
Google releases cloud coding tool
Google has released a programming tool to help move its Native Client project–and more broadly, its cloud-computing ambitions–from abstract idea to practical reality. The new Native Client software developer kit, though only a developer preview version, is designed to make it easier for programmers to use the Net giant’s browser-boosting Native Client technology. “The Native [...]
Juniper expected to reveal cloud computing plans
Juniper is preparing to announce how it plans to participate in cloud computing, according to a bulletin issued this week by an investment firm. The firm, Avian Securities, expects Juniper to disclose details on integration of its new Trio chipset, Junos operating system, Junos partners and a “multi-chassis switch platform” into the cloud plan. Virtualization [...]
Microsoft harnessing the power of machine learning
Microsoft wants to harness the power of machine learning — the statistically driven computing concepts that animate search engines and recommendation services — and other techniques to reduce power consumption, according to Rick Rashid, the senior vice president overseeing Microsoft Research. Microsoft, of course, is also trying to reduce the power consumed by PCs, servers, [...]
