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- Sun sees future in computing service providers
- Sun sees future in computing service providersBig Iron and timesharing, deja vu ...All the IT vendors dream of a return to the days of big iron, centralized control, and the high priesthood of MIS datamasters.IT people remember those times with fond affection, but most others remember it as a time...
- Tags: Mainframes, Business services, Servers, Google Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., computing service provider, mainframe, service provider
- Discussion threads 2006-10-26
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- Helllo, I'm a Cloud... and I'm Enterprise Software
- Cloud Dudette perhapsCloud Dude, why I am envisioning Jeff Spicoli transplanted into a Cheech and Chong movie!? If you want an association with Cloud Computing, how about a trim 'Cloud Dudette' .. think Amazon, both the female warrior and the EC2 provider. She should be traveling with her...
- Tags: enterprise software, EC2
- Discussion threads 2009-11-25
- Does virtualization equal cloud computing?
- I would say yesThere is no need to buy 'stand alone' servers any longer in functionality when you can put it in a Blade 'name your flavor' chassis.Virtualization with VMware/RHEL or some vendor is the best way to get it off bare-metal...Doing baremetal rebuilds is time consuming and it takes...
- Tags: Data centers, Servers, Utility computing, server, cloud computing, virtualization, cluster
- Discussion threads 2009-11-25
- Beware business cloud dangers, says EU agency
- Spoken like someone without a clueBut then again, what can be expected from trolls anymore?Originality?Security & AccessGrant the LEAST amount of access for the end user.DENY then ALLOW, why would you open up Port 80 to the world if you only do business in the United States or local area...
- Tags: agency, cloud provider, legality, data centre, security
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- 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
- The perfect computer?
- Do we have the technology to build a perfect computer? Would it be perfect for a specific purpose or is it possible to build a perfect general purpose computer? Small Business Computing's Mark Beckley has some answers. Do we have the technology to build a perfect...
- Tags: Motherboard, Computer, Machine, Chip, Small Business Computing, Watt Power Supply, Productivity, PCs, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2009-11-02
- 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
- 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
- T-Mobile - All your Sidekick data are belong to ... well, no one ... it's gone!
- the clue was in the name "Microsoft/Danger" duh...Outrageous! It's true, you pay for what you get.Get an unlocked N900 and do what you want.Nokia rules. Server failureCan happen to anyone at any time.Wait... What?[i]We continue to advise customers to NOT reset their device by removing the battery or letting...
- Tags: Backups, Servers, T-Mobile, backup, server, Server failure, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-11
- T-Mobile - All your Sidekick data belongs to ... well, no one ... it's gone!
- Cellphone service provider T-Mobile is owning up to what could be one of the biggest cloud-computing disasters so far. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: T-Mobile, Business Services, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-10-11
- Next-gen operating systems: Facebook on steroids?
- Chrome OS is a key building blockThis is why I think the concept of Chrome OS is so powerful.Sure you will be able to use your web apps offline, like desktop apps (thanks to HTML5/Gears), but the core functionality of the apps will live in the cloud. And because the...
- Tags: Operating systems, Chrome OS, Facebook, Next-gen operating system, operating system, Next-Gen
- Discussion threads 2009-10-07
- Hosted Hosting: Should Service Providers Go Hosted?
- No one can argue the fact that the IT industry, even in these troubled economic times, is continuously developing at astounding rates. This can be seen across all sectors of the industry, whether it is application development, platform evolution, online services hardware development and even research. To some degree, though,...
- Tags: Industry, Evolution, Service Provider, Hardware, Business Services, Software Development, Strategy, Software/Web Development, Management
- White papers 2009-10-07
- The Android army: Verizon Wireless, Google ink collaboration pact; Promise 'innovative applications'
- The Android army: Verizon Wireless, Google ink collaboration pact; Promise Time to change my phone carrier, I don't need Google taking control and recording my conversations like they tried to do with Chrome.Yes yes yes!Hope for choice and an area of computing not controlled and manipulated by MSRE: The Android...
- Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Verizon Communications Inc., collaboration pact, Google Inc., Verizon Wireless, phone, VZW, Apple iPhone, innovative application, collaboration
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- IBM targets Google Apps for business, undercuts pricing and touts reliability
- IBM is going after Google Apps Premier hard and has the pricing to show it's serious. Big Blue is announcing the general availability of LotusLive iNotes, a cloud email, calendar and contact management service, for $36 a year per user. Google Apps Premier runs $50 per user a year. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Pricing Strategy, IBM Corp., Web 2.0, Cloud Computing, Pricing, Manufacturing, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-02
- Private clouds: A valuable concept or buzzword bingo?
- Governance and Control are a serious isssue...The blog seemed to try to downplay the loss of control of business information and data like it was the same as losing control of an electricity grid. The two things are not the same. When the electricity grid goes down, sure business stops...
- Tags: Virtualization, Recruitment & Selection, tech industry, Google Inc., cloud computing
- Discussion threads 2009-10-01
- Cloud Services and Cloud Infrastructure: The Critical Role of High-Performance Networks
- Juniper is uniquely qualified to provide the network infrastructure for cloud computing. Based on one's breadth of experience across service provider and data center networks, and the depth of innovation across silicon, systems and software, one has proven the ability to tackle the tough challenges at the economies of scale...
- Tags: Network, Juniper Networks Inc., High-performance, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Virtualization, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2009-10-01
- A close-up look at the new Office Web Apps
- Looks like 'View and correct', rather than 'Create and maintain'Basically, it looks like Office Web Apps is for viewing and minor editing, but not risking breaking Office docs.Ok... So it's definitely a version 1.0 product. Meanwhile, Office 2007 is the 6th version since Windows 95. It's also still a BETA...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Virtualization, cloud computing, OPEN SOURCE, Office Web Apps, Microsoft Office, Office Web, VMware Inc., software, Web application, new Office Web App, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-20
- Office Web Apps: OneNote (Office Web Apps: New screenshots)
- Office Web AppsNot at all impressed with the Offfice Web Apps....while the other issue that many will still have to decide upon, if they want/ or should allow their own, or business data to be stored on the web/ internet/ cloud.....MS, along with many others pushing Web based apps have...
- Tags: cloud computing, Office Web Apps, Office Web, Web application, Microsoft Office, New screenshot, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003
- Discussion threads 2009-09-17
- A Case for the Accountable Cloud
- For many companies, clouds are becoming an interesting alternative to a dedicated IT infrastructure. However, cloud computing also carries certain risks for both the customer and the cloud provider. The customer places his computation and data on machines he cannot directly control; the provider agrees to run a service whose...
- Tags: Computation, Tools & Techniques, Workforce Management, Strategy, Management, Human Resources
- White papers 2009-09-17
- Feds launch Apps.gov; Cloud computing players salivate
- Any bets on how long it takes someone to hack in and screw it up? nt...Why don't I feel good about this???Hmmm... Could it be that some government a55-clown could store sensitive data in the cloud... And that there are tons of other countries with extremely skilled hackers that would...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Virtualization, Apps.gov, agency, cloud computing
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
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