- How Cloud Computing is Driving the Next Wave of Productivity
Source: Rackspace
Date: Nov 06, 2009
At its core, cloud computing is nothing more than the ability to buy computing as a service, paying only for what you use. I often compare it to buying electricity from a power company, rather than buying and maintaining your own generator out in the parking lot. Cloud computing not only saves money for businesses; it allows them to focus on what they do best, rather than on buying and maintaining servers and software.
- Ten things I learned while writing Cloud Computing for Dummies
Source: Judith Hurwitz blog
Date: Aug 15, 2009
The author condenses down some top level points while writing "Cloud Computing for Dummies": 1. The cloud is both old and new at the same time; 2. There are lots of shades of gray with cloud segmentation; 3. Market leadership is in flux; 4. The cloud is an economic and business model; 5. The private cloud is real; 6. The hybrid cloud is the future; 7. Managing the cloud is complicated; 8. Security is king in the cloud; 9. Interoperability between clouds is the next frontier; 10. The cloud in a box.
- Cloud Computing Taxonomy
Source: Laird On-Demand
Date: Jun 24, 2009
A visual map of the Cloud, SaaS and PaaS industry that divides up the buckets into Infrastructure: the core computing resources and network fabric for the cloud deployment; Platform: the software infrastructure that allows sys admins and developers to deploy an app to the cloud; Services: additional services that can be woven into the cloud app, such as billing, storage, integration; and Applications: the ultimate cloud end product - Software as a Service (SaaS) applications that the user touches. SaaS applications are available over the internet, are quick to provision a new account, are offered in a pay-as-you-go model, and allow some level of customization.
- How Cloud Computing Will Change Business
Source: BusinessWeek
Date: Jun 07, 2009
Now that more personal PC is here in the form of smartphones and mini-laptops, and broadband wireless networks make it possible for people to be connected almost anytime and anywhere. At the same time, we're seeing the rise of cloud computing, the vast array of interconnected machines managing the data and software that used to run on PCs. This combination of mobile and cloud technologies is shaping up to be one of most significant advances in the computing universe in decades.
- How to buy cloud computing services
Source: Industry Standard
Date: May 27, 2009
Before committing to a cloud services provider, IT execs should understand exactly what resources they have on hand, what they're buying, and how running on a public, shared server infrastructure will affect applications and business processes. This article gives some practical guidelines on issues to consider and questions to ask when buying cloud services.
- 10 cloud computing companies to watch
Source: Industry Standard
Date: May 18, 2009
Cloud providers fall into three categories: software-as-a-service providers; infrastructure-as-a-service vendors that offer Web-based access to storage and computing power; and platform-as-a-service vendors that give developers the tools to build and host Web applications. Here are 10 cloud companies that are worth watching.
- Report from Cloud Computing conference: IT execs are bifurcated, some get it, some don’t
Source: WebWare
Date: Apr 25, 2009
Just as PCs, wireless networks, and smartphones have come into the enterprise, and most importantly latched onto corporate networks behind firewalls, cloud services are coming into business as non-IT personnel pay for services on their credit cards and hook them into their workflows. This is freaking some CIOs out, but "When CIOs block productivity, they're screwed,"
- Opening Up Platform as a Service - What is Open PaaS?
Source: WebGuild
Date: Apr 14, 2009
PaaS offers the potential to democratize web development by enabling anyone who can use a browser to assemble and extend web-based applications. Yet early PaaS players, including Force.com, Bungee Labs, Google AppEngine and Microsoft’s Azure, have introduced PaaS solutions that are remarkably proprietary.
- Why (and What) Every Business Exec Needs to Know About Cloud Computing
Source: Thinking Out Cloud
Date: Apr 12, 2009
Cloud computing is a game-changer, both technologically and business-wise and wise business execs should understand the forces that will impact their industry.
- Cloud computing, grid computing, utility computing - list of top providers
Source: MyTestBox
Date: Apr 08, 2009
A good list of companies and information if you are researching cloud service
- Plug into the Cloud
Source: Information Week
Date: Jan 13, 2009
InformationWeek's Cloud Computing blog
- A Quick Guide To The “Big Four” Cloud Offerings
Source: Wisdom of the Clouds
Date: Jan 06, 2009
A working sysadmin's glimpse into Amazon AWS, Google App Engine, Microsoft Azure, and Salesforce.com (force.com), and why they are each unique approaches to enterprise cloud computing in their own right.