Enterprises taking cues from cloud computing

Posted by Larry Neumann on May 17, 2011

On the Pervasive Data Center blog, Gordon Haff makes the case that cloud computing is not taking over enterprise computing, as was predicted when it emerged a few years ago, but rather teaching enterprises how to better model their own data centers (as private clouds) to share resources and simplify operations. I would add to Gordon’s observations that the rapid adoption of appliances within...
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Filed under Cloud Computing, Utility Computing
Tagged with cloud, Cloud Computing, Gordon Haff, virtualization

Web services and messaging — better together

Posted by Larry Neumann on Aug 3, 2010

In the late 70s, Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups struck advertising gold with a memorable campaign in which people accidentally blended chocolate and peanut butter only to discover that they were “two great tastes that taste great together!” Blogging about web services and cloud computing may not be as much fun as writing a commercial for a tasty treat, but today’s announcement that Solace...
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Filed under Cloud Computing, Cross Industry, Financial Services, Government, News Release, Partners, SOA
Tagged with Cloud Computing, Layer7, Messaging, policy management, security, SOA, Solace, web services

Blogs abuzz over latency

Posted by Larry Neumann on Dec 16, 2008

While financial markets have always cared about latency, it’s not a topic often discussed in other industries. This past week, I stumbled across a couple of excellent blog posts on the subject of latency, primarily as related to web and cloud infrastructures. First Todd Hoff posted on website scalability with his expansive Latency is everywhere and it costs you sales post. Nati Shalom of...
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Filed under Capital Markets, Financial Services
Tagged with Cloud Computing, low-latency

Getting a Jump on 2009 Cloud Computing Predictions

Posted by Larry Neumann on Dec 3, 2008

It’s that time of year again … no not time for year-end shopping or the return of wintery weather. I’m talking about the arrival of 2008 year-end reviews and 2009 predictions.Ken Hess posted a look ahead at cloud computing in 2009 on the Linux Magazine website and had some sensible suggestions for suppliers and consumers of cloud services. I find it interesting that Solace...
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Tagged with Cloud Computing

The Death of 'Cloud Computing'?

Posted by Larry Neumann on Aug 17, 2008

When you think cloud computing, who do you think of? Amazon? Google? Maybe Salesforce.com? Did anyone say Dell? Didn’t think so… We learned this week that Dell is close to trademarking the term ‘cloud computing’. They’ve already been granted ‘notice of allowance’, which basically means that the trademark has been approved, but not formally registered. When...
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Filed under Utility Computing
Tagged with Cloud Computing, IaaS, lawyers, PaaS, SaaS, trademarks