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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.; Full Cloud Computing Definition >>

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A few financial home truths: Does it take the world's worst financial crisis since the South Sea Bubble to drive home perennial truths that have always been at the core of successful businesses? Generate cash by delivering products that help your customers generate cash. by Phil Wainewright; Tags: Revenue, Software-as-a-service, Billing, Financial, Home Truth, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Operational Accounting, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-10-13
Can virtualization help when times get tough?: When times get tough, many organizations look for new ways to reduce costs while still being able to provide their customers with the products and services they need. This appears to be just such a time. Virtualization technology can most certainly be part of the solution. Let's review how each...; Tags: Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-10-13
A quick note on Columbus Day: It's Columbus Day here in the States, so quite a few of us are off. I'm going to consider it a holiday and take the day off from blogging. I do have an interview with Joe Hartley, Sun's VP of Global Education and Healthcare, today, so check back...; Tags: Holiday, Sun Microsystems Inc., Thin Clients, Virtualization, Blogging, Cloud Computing, Vertical Industries, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Benefits, Hardware, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Human Resources, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-10-12
Microsoft: How we'll take on VMware: The software maker believes it has the tools and the right price point to beat VMware in the battle for the virtualisation market. Microsoft has a three-pronged strategy to beat VMware in the virtualization market, according to the company's senior director for virtualization product management, Zane Adam. ...; Tags: Hypervisor, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk, virtualization, Microsoft, VMWare; News items 2008-10-10
Virtualization 2.0 panel recording from NGDC is available: Back in August, I had the opportunity to moderate a panel at the Next Generation Data Center Conference, entitled "Virtualization 2.0".The panel included Albert Lee, Chief Strategy Officer and Board Director of xkoto, Greg O'Connor, CEO of Trigence, Jonah Paransky, Marketing VP of StackSafe and Lawrence Stein, Engineering VP of...; Tags: Panel, StackSafe, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Corporate Governance, Hardware, Storage, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-10-10

What happens when the "cloud" starts to precipitate? A hard rain's agonna fall . . .: I use a lot of online services and I try to push as many applications as I can into the cloud. This means that I can work from anywhere on virtually any computer device. I don't need a personal computer (but I do need a personal cellphone - the new...; Tags: Web, Web Service, Web Services Company, Web Services, Cloud Computing, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-10-08
Mail Goggles: an idea that goes well beyond drunk emails: There's a new GMail Labs app: Mail Goggles, by GMail engineer Jon Perlow: When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you're really sure you want to send that late night Friday email. And what better way to check...; Tags: Google Gmail, Jon, E-mail Providers, E-mail, Cloud Computing, Internet, Online Communications, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2008-10-08
Google tries to stop you from sending mail you will regret: It appears that Google has added a new feature to Gmail Labs that tries to make sure you are in the right state of mind before sending messages -- particularly helpful when you have maybe had a few too many drinks, and are about to send an email that would...; Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, E-mail, Internet, Online Communications, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2008-10-08
Symantec buys MessageLabs for $695 million; Bolsters SaaS lineup: Somebody is finding some values out there in techland. Symantec on Wednesday said it is acquiring MessageLabs for $695 million in cash. MessageLabs, which offers messaging and Web security services, had about $145 million in revenue for the fiscal year ending July 31. Symantec...; Tags: Software-as-a-service, Symantec Corp., MessageLabs Ltd., Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Security, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-10-08
Backup to Gmail (exe): 'Backup to Gmail' is an easy, secure, and reliable way to automatically synchronize and back up your important files to gmail with a click. Backup to Gmail backup and compress your directories into standard zip archives, and send them to your GMail, if you ever loose your work just go...; Tags: Google Gmail, E-mail Providers, Backups, Cloud Computing, Internet; Software downloads 2008-10-08
GMail Desktop Studio (exe): GMail Desktop Studio brings all the features of GMail to your desktop. With a system tray notification system, a built in browser, and the ability to handle mailto links: GMail Desktop keeps your GMail accounts within a mouse click. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Desktop, Google Gmail, BlueCrestStudios, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet; Software downloads 2008-10-07
Welcome to the Data Cloud ?: 'The Cloud' is increasingly prevalent in tech conversation these days. Stalwarts of the space such as Amazon and Salesforce go from strength to strength, whilst titans of an earlier model such as Larry Ellison and even Steve Ballmer now seek to appropriate the meme. New blogs like CloudAve play a...; Tags: Web, Data, UKOLN, Channel Management, Internet, Semantic Web, Cloud Computing, Marketing, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-10-06
The cloud finally comes to education: Cloud computing is one of those great buzzwords in IT that, so far, has meant very little to the average Ed Tech customer. We all have a pretty good idea what it means: lots of computers somewhere (we don't actually care where) doing lots of processing to deliver services...; Tags: Education, PC, Thin Client, Computer, Cloud, SIMtone Corp., Desktops, Productivity, Thin Clients, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-10-06
Why bother with desktop virtualization?: The proponents of making proper use of desktop virtualization technology including access virtualization, application virtualization and VDI the combination of access virtualization and processing virtualization do their best to make it sound like the best things since pockets. Aren't today's laptops, desktops and handheld devices good enough to get the...; Tags: Desktop, Worker, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Desktop Virtualization, Utility Computing, Storage Management, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-10-06
IBM launches beta of 'Bluehouse,' eyes Cisco's WebEx: IBM will announce Monday that it is launching a beta of "Bluehouse," a social networking and collaboration service designed to link businesses with various partners. The move, part of a broader effort to define IBM's cloud computing strategy, will put it in direct competition with Cisco's collaboration...; Tags: WebEx Communications Inc., Collaboration, Beta, Cisco Systems Inc., IBM Corp., Cloud Computing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-10-05
EIC podcast: Tech economy turmoil; Cloud computing; Citizen journalism fails: On this week's EIC squared podcast, Dan and I talk about the economy's impact on the tech sector, cloud computing and citizen journalism following the fake Steve Jobs heart attack story. On the economy Dan and I covered a lot of waterfront. We talked about technology spending...; Tags: Podcast, Citizen Journalism, Cloud Computing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-10-03
BriefingsDirect Insights analysts examine HP-Oracle Exadata, 'extreme' BI, virtualization and cloud computing: BriefingsDirect Insights analysts examine HP-Oracle Exadata, 'extreme' BI, virtualization and cloud computingSun already HAS a DW ApplianceDana,Actually, Sun already has a data warehousing appliance: the Sun Data Warehouse Appliance, as it's named, based on Greenplum and Sun's Thumper. It's been quite successful, with several large commercial deployments and some...; Tags: Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Sun Microsystems Inc., BriefingsDirect Insights, Exadata, cloud computing, virtualization, business intelligence, Oracle Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co.; Discussion threads 2008-10-03
News to know: HP's Smartphone; Obama's iPhone app; Skype in China; Data breach bill: Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: WSJ: H-P plans to unveil smartphone Jason D. O'Grady: Obama campaign unleashes iPhone app Track the Presidential election polls with...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Richard Koman, Hewlett-Packard Co., Skype Technologies S.A., Apple Inc., Smartphone, Obama, Smart Phones, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cloud Computing, RSS, Financial Accounting, Open Source, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Finance, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-10-03
BriefingsDirect Insights analysts examine HP-Oracle Exadata, 'extreme' BI, virtualization and cloud computing: I think that Oracle is going to have a cloud offering, IBM is going to have a cloud offering, Sun is going to have a cloud offering, and it's going to be the big talk in the big industry over the next two or three years. I think they are...; Tags: Data Warehouse, Cloud Computing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtualization, Oracle Corp., Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-10-02
Panel: How to sell SOA governance to a skeptical audience: SOA governance needs more automation to reduce the 'chaos' by Joe McKendrick; Tags: SOA, SOA Governance, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-10-02