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Beware the allure of Fool's Cloud

no securityNo one in their right mind would send theircritical apps off to the cloud.Another pie in the sky to dream up getting ridof expenses only to make more expenses.Still no Security or...Public clouds are not secure. They are just like the regular Internet. Only put on the public cloud...

Tags: Strategy, cloud provider, Clear, public cloud, security

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

How to avoid the amateur cloud

You are cluelessMaybe a large company would do enough research to weed out a bad cloud provider from a good one, but the fact is cloud services are being pitched at **individuals**.No one will do the required research, and you know it. But as a nice cloud evangelist that's your...

Tags: cloud provider

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

Eight ways that cloud computing will change business

Eight ways that cloud computing will change businessThe new criminal front!As more and more companies move their Web presence to third parties, these third parties will become more targeted by cybercriminals. It will be a one stop shop. Sites with many user's data will be more attractive than a...

Tags: Virtualization, security, cloud computing, cloud provider

Discussion threads 2009-06-05

Getting inside a CIO's head

Getting inside a CIO's headThe Government CloudI am not sure this would be a good thing or a bad thing for the Federal Government to get into the cloud.On the one hand they could legislate what the free market has been reluctant to give consumers (Data Ownership, Standardization, Security)But they...

Tags: security, cloud provider

Discussion threads 2009-03-13

Additional Resources

Panel: do cloud computing economic advantages break down in enterprises?

A public cloud provider, private cloud operator, consultant, network provider, and venture capitalist were all put in the same room. Here's what they had to say about cloud's business value. by Joe McKendrick

Tags: Venture Capital, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Networking, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, Hardware, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-11-20

ChromeOS says tear down this network regulation wall

Costs"What is holding back network capacity is politics."What's holding back network capacity is huge costs.Yep, very important to push the ISPs to free up the bits. They would love to continue selling bandwidth through an eyedropper at very high prices. They need a push.Oh, and Microsoft will not like this...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Network technology, ChromeOS, netbook, fiber

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Yahoo's dwindling search share: Time to panic?

Typical MicrosoftThis is normal business practice for MS. Partner up with someone, take what they need, then discard them.Ask anyone from RealNetworks how their partnership went.It's about search.Wow, it looks like the volume of search users use the search engine that delivers better results.Google search is better than Bing...

Tags: E-mail, SEARCH, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Bing

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Can the Economist entirely be trusted?

Disagree."but the alternatives to a good cloud provider are far too flaky to be worth considering."The only thing I see in this sentence and the article it links to is worshiping your cloud religion.IMHO, it's a tool. Use it where it makes sense, don't use it where it doesn't make...

Tags: cloud computing, Virtualization, software world, TRANSPARENCY

Discussion threads 2009-11-15

Cloud storage: Impossible to fill?

more likely gimmicksto frustate you if trying to use the full potential....in the same way as...ISPs do not allow a user to access their full download speeds (AT&T sells me 8megabits/second, but in reality i get maybe 5.5 or 6). Another angle Hi ZackI run a cloud storage provider called...

Tags: storage, online storage

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

No more servers? Rackspace says IT workers are tired of them

And, as servers move to the cloud, fewer and fewer will be Windows servers.When you deploy thousands, you can pay millions in licensing for Windows, and, then Windows is less stable and less secure.RE: No more servers? Rackspace says IT workers are tired of themI wonder how well those outsourced...

Tags: Servers, server, information technology, Rackspace

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Cloud Drive Storage Service 0.0.33.26 (Windows)

The Cloud Drive Data Storage Service is a break through in Cloud Storage. The Cloud Drive Data Storage Service offers the unlimited space of cloud storage solutions, but with the speed, availability and reliability of a local SAN solution. The Cloud Drive Data Storage Service acts as a gateway to...

Tags: iSCSI, Bruce Street, Cloud Drive Data Storage Service, Linux, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Microsoft Windows, Storage, Ip storage, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-06

T-Mobile experiences voice and text outage across the country

sigh . . .sigh . . .You know, I'm really beginning to realize that the "reliability" of "the cloud" isn't just about having a gazillion servers with super-redundancy or whatever.It's about all of the pieces working together. And it's only as reliable as the weakest link. Your cloud provider can...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), T-Mobile

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Five reasons to deliver a virtual service, not a virtual server

What began as an interesting technological experiment has now become an opportunity for IT to shape its future, says Fortisphere's Lilac Berniker Commentary - As virtualization becomes an increasingly commonplace technology in the datacenter, the breadth of stakeholders in the virtual environment is growing. ...

Tags: Information Technology, Workload, Virtual Server, Server, Strategy, Management, virtualization, Lilac Berniker Fortisphere, Special to ZDNet, Lilac Berniker Fortisphere, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-10-29

Enterprise IT's trust level of Google will increase

That pie will increasingly favor Google. Though Google DOES need to support something more like what Amazon does, so you can just rent a Linux box in the cloud that grows and shrinks.Great potential here for Google; p.s. - dont make Yahoo's mistakesThere is great potential for Google from...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, Enterprise IT, Google AppEngine, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Google's Schmidt: Mimicking Office completely not 'a good use of our time'

Commonsense! Please get rid of MS Office!Please do NOT copy anything MS Office has leavethis lethargic conglomeration of software vendorsMS purchased and created the 2G office suitethat is full of security holes.I hope they go their own route and NO one needsa office suite that cost $400+$700 for a companyseat...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

SaaS: Shelfware as a service?

Think the conclusions are a bit flawedI think we can all agree that SaaS saves operational expenses, increases agility and improves the user experience. I don't think the fact that Salesforce.com has been successful can be held against the category.The shelfware point is a bit more subtle. The...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, software-as-a-service, shelfware

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Free Silverlight streaming service to be replaced by paid Azure-hosted service

Ought to be interestingSilverlight is the means by which Netflix streams their on-demand content. I cannot help but wonder if MS cut a deal with the new Blockbuster service.Does MS support "open internet", or do they want us to pay for itDoes MS support "open internet", or do they want...

Tags: cloud computing, Strategy, Media Streaming, Microsoft Silverlight, NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Corp., open-Internet

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Survey: After Sidekick Failure Would You Buy Cloud Services?

NoNo I would not buy from them again, I don't need a scare of all my info being deleted.http://gizmoelectronics.blogspot.com/http://www.stophighcosts.comI will never trust the cloud.I will use the cloud but not if it means I have to forgo a local copy and not if the data is private. I like Office...

Tags: Marketing research, mushroom cloud, SideKick, Buy Cloud Services, survey

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

The SaaS-ification of IT asset disposal

Hey there are Web services for just about every other part of your supply chain process, so why not responsible IT asset disposal? That's the pitch from ServoTerra.com, which essentially is a business-to-business exchange platform that lets businesses connect directly to technology recycling companies. The service was built on...

Tags: Asset, Information Technology, Consideration, Wagner, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Asset Management, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-14

Cloud computing belongs on your three-year roadmap

May be add some budget items in...Add in Legal fees to fight lawsuits about whether you own your data or the cloud company does.Security consultant's fees to make sure no third party hacks your cloud and steals your corporate business strategy or other valuable data.A few line items that involve...

Tags: cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-10-13