Archive for Infrastructure

  • Microsoft delivers on-premises private-cloud building functionality Microsoft delivers on-premises private-cloud building functionality

    When it comes to building private clouds, Microsoft is planning to offer customers two ways to go: One using its Windows Azure cloud operating system on forthcoming pre-configured Windows Azure Appliances; and one assembled of various on-premises components atop Windows Server. On August 15, Micr...

  • Google cloud computing apps get certification for US government use Google cloud computing apps get certification for US government use

    Google wants the federal government to use its e-mail. The company earned federal certification last week for its cloud-based e-mail, calendar and other collaboration applications after the General Services Administration determined they met moderate-level federal security requirements. It's t...

  • Big Blue will work with governments and academia on Big Blue will work with governments and academia on “fundamentally new notion” of an interoperation hub.

    IBM said it plans to collaborate with European researchers to develop a computing architecture that will allow businesses to more easily blend cloud services from multiple providers. The effort aims to overcome one of the largest obstacles to broad adoption of cloud computing—complex and expens...

  • Guest Blog: The Cloud Understands Geography 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 th...

  • Smartphones are the Cloud’s Secret Ingredient 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 f...

  • Microsoft Cloud Computing Center opens in Taiwan Microsoft Cloud Computing Center opens in Taiwan

    Microsoft opened a joint cloud computing center with Taiwan's economics ministry on Thursday at the Computex electronics show, and announced a plan to work with two local companies on new designs for servers meant specifically for cloud computing, the growing trend towards decentralized, virtualized...

  • Cloud Computing in Moscow Cloud Computing in Moscow

    I had the privilege of keynoting a data center conference in Moscow this week, speaking on the topic of what cloud computing means to the data center of the future. This is the largest data center conference in Russia, and attracts a mix of internal data center facilities executives as well as ho...

  • HP to invest $1 billion in cloud computing and cut 9,000 jobs HP to invest $1 billion in cloud computing and cut 9,000 jobs

    The world's biggest PC manufacturer Hewlett-Packard will cut 9,000 jobs and invest $1 billion to develop the next generation of cloud computing services, according to a statement Tuesday. HP said it will invest $1 billion to create fully automated commercial data centers and expand its enterprise...

  • Microsoft betting that India will lead the world in Cloud Computing 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 computin...

  • The two very different clouds The two very different clouds

    Here's a great article about different types of clouds... CIO - Many new technologies have emerged in the world of IT but none is more confused and misunderstood than cloud computing. Here is another new technology paradigm that is crying out for a set of common standard definitions and a global ...

  • Google prepares the Government Cloud Google prepares the Government Cloud

    Google has submitted final materials to get its cloud computing services certified for use by federal agencies, and is nearing release of its government-specific cloud, a top Google executive said Wednesday. While Google Enterprise president Dave Girouard admitted in an interview after his keynot...

  • What is a private cloud? What is a private cloud?

    Despite popular belief, so-called "cloud computing" does not always involve putting your systems out on the open Internet for the world to see. In fact, the "private cloud" is gaining more and more traction as cloud computing matures. What is a private cloud? First, let's talk about cloud computi...

  • How Many Virtual Machines Can Run On A Single Server? How Many Virtual Machines Can Run On A Single Server?

    How many user desktops can run on a virtualized server? From a structural point of view, this question has a lot in common with, "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?" Nevertheless, I did my best to answer it in the new McGraw-Hill book, Management Strategies for the Cloud Revolution. ...