It seems like there is a lot of concern over the Open Cloud Manifesto. Some people are up in arms over the way things are being handled. Apparently, a number of people have offered up their time (and willingness to fly to NY) to help with this meeting and been flatly denied any possibility of a voice. One of the former "instigators" of the Cloud Computing Interoperability Forum … [Read more...] about The Open Cloud Manifesto: Controversy or Not
Trusting the Cloud: The F.T.C. and Google
The trust issue will not go away. In a bit of a publicity stunt, the Electronic Privacy Information Center asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google's Cloud Computing Services, specifically concerning: a. the adequacy of Google's privacy and security safeguards regarding storage of personal information on its Cloud Computing Services; and b. the … [Read more...] about Trusting the Cloud: The F.T.C. and Google
An Introduction to Cloud Computing and Business Model Disruption
In his introductory post, Steve mentioned that when we were at VeriCenter we became aware of a new sort of challenge facing our industry - from outside entrants like Amazon.com who were beginning to grow their cloud storage and cloud computing businesses, leveraging internal web-based infrastructure. We knew then that cloud storage, as a significant part of an overall cloud … [Read more...] about An Introduction to Cloud Computing and Business Model Disruption
Event: Cloud Slam ’09
I'll be doing a presentation at Cloud Slam '09 titled: "The Most Interesting Sub-plot in Cloud Computing is Cloud Storage" Here's what I'll be talking about: While much of the collective discussion has focused on cloud computing and trying to define it, cloud storage has not so quietly gone from concept to tangible business with real revenue opportunities. Those … [Read more...] about Event: Cloud Slam ’09
General Electric: Cloud Testing 1,2,3…
Nicholas Hoover informs us that General Electric is pilot testing the Cloud. Here are a few key points: GE has tens of thousands of servers in 10 primary data centers, and the number of servers in those facilities is growing 20% annually. 60% of GE's servers are already virtualized. GE is already testing cloud platforms from three vendors: Cisco, Sun, and VMware … [Read more...] about General Electric: Cloud Testing 1,2,3…