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Incomplete Thought: The Other Side Of Cloud ? Where The (Wild) Infrastructure Things Are?

Cloud Computing News - 3 hours 58 min ago

This is bound to be an unpopular viewpoint. I?ve struggled with how to write it because I want to inspire discussion not a religious battle. It has been hard to keep it an incomplete thought. I?m not sure I have succeeded....

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Building the Open Cloud: Part 2

Cloud Computing News - 3 hours 58 min ago

In the last post, we defined the cloud. This post delves into cloud construction at a conceptual level....

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Hybrid Computing, Not Cloud Computing, is the Future of Technology

Cloud Computing News - 3 hours 58 min ago

One of the few remaining print technology magazines with a viable market recently did a series on turning failure into success. Among these articles was a piece on Larry Ellison?s vision of thin-client network computing....

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Microsoft To Rally Partners to the Cloud

Cloud Computing News - 3 hours 58 min ago

Microsoft's highest ranking partner executive on Wednesday plans to outline the company's cloud vision and what it means to Microsoft's partner ecosystem....

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Cloud Computing Forces Data Governance Issue

Cloud Computing News - 3 hours 58 min ago

With security positioned as the number-one issue holding back the adoption of cloud computing by luminaries such as RSA president Art Coviello in his recent RSA Conference 2010 keynote, there?s obviously a lot of gnashing of teeth over the relative security merits of cloud computing....

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DABCC Virtualization News Player iPhone App Available on Apple App Store

Cloud Computing News - 3 hours 58 min ago

?I?m extremely happy to announce the release of the DABCC Virtualization News Player for the iPhone or iPod Touch for download from Apple?s App Store!? ? Doug Brown...

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Data Integration: The Next Step for Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing News - 3 hours 58 min ago

Cloud services have gained a foothold in the enterprise mainly by virtue of their low cost and virtually unlimited scalability to meet ever-increasing data requirements....

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3PAR First to Deliver Autonomic Storage Tiering for High-End Arrays

Cloud Computing News - 3 hours 58 min ago

3PAR announced today the introduction of 3PAR Adaptive Optimization software for autonomic, sub-volume storage tiering with 3PAR InServ® F-Class and T-Class Storage Servers....

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RSA: Cutting Through the Cloud Security Talk

Cloud Computing News - 3 hours 58 min ago

Cloud security was a key buzz phrase at this year's RSA conference in San Francisco this past week. But just what security concerns were top of mind - and how organizations should grade those risks - can be difficult to answer....

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Steve Ballmer at UW: Is This Microsoft?s Cloud Computing Strategy, or Just Internet Software?

Cloud Computing News - 3 hours 58 min ago

The first sign that Steve Ballmer was in the house came when I saw a cop car parked outside the University of Washington?s Computer Science & Engineering building. Then there were the paper signs telling you where to line up for his 10 am talk today....

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OpenFabrics Sonoma Workshop to Explore Application of Low-Latency I/O to Exascale, Virtualized and Cloud Solutions

Cloud Computing News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 23:41

The OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA) announced the addition of topics to the agenda for the 6th Annual International Sonoma Workshop that will help organizations address the growing competitive pressure to increase throughput and transaction capacity while improving infrastructure efficiency. ...

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Gartner - Cloud Computing: Will It Be Government?s Venus Fly Trap?

Cloud Computing News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 23:41

The cryptographer?s panel at the RSA conference is always my favorite part. At this year?s conference, Ron Rivest (the R in RSA) made a comment along the lines of ?One of my fears for the future is that cloud computing is a ?dream come true? for government intelligence agencies.? ...

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Cisco Outlines Plan for Securing Mobile, Cloud Apps

Cloud Computing News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 23:41

Cisco outlined its security product-development strategy on Monday, aimed at providing a new type of "always on" security protection for mobile devices as well as a way to establish controls over cloud-computing applications used by the enterprise. ...

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RSA, Intel, and VMware Take a Big Step Forward in Cloud Security

Cloud Computing News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 15:17

Yesterday RSA announced new controls for virtual infrastructure security in cloud environments. Concerns regarding security and compliance have been primary factors preventing large enterprises from placing production workloads on shared virtual infrastructure in the cloud. Yesterday?s announcement and proof-of-concept didn?t solve all of public cloud?s security woes, but it brought us closer to a practical solution....

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Cisco's CRS-3 router to help cloud computing combat bandwidth

Techtarget Cloud Computing News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 10:21

Cisco conjured up some excitement with the announcement of its new $90,000, 322 terabytes-per-second monster of a router.

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Cloud management tools guide for beginners

Techtarget Cloud Computing News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 09:38

Get an overview of cloud management tools, including the core features of cloud infrastructure management products and the major players in the market, in this special report.

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Cloud Security's Seven Deadly Sins

Cloud Computing News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 05:03

A new study, Top Threats to Cloud Computing V1.0, conducted by the Cloud Security Alliance, identifies seven types of security risks present in cloud computing. Many of the threats also apply to corporate networks, but can be exacerbated by both the openness and scale of cloud services. The study was released at the RSA Conference 2010. Hewlett-Packard funded the study and is using its release to promote its Secure Advantage services, which help businesses sort through the myriad security produ...

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Building the Open Cloud: Part 1

Cloud Computing News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 03:02

Have you noticed that when vendors talk about the cloud, the conversation often revolves around their own product or service? You may come to believe that the ?cloud? is defined by a specific set of equipment and software....

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