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Apps.gov brings cloud computing to the Federal government | CTOvision.com

The Federal government embraced cloud computing today with the launch of the GSA operated Apps.gov which promises to bring efficient cloud computing services and infrastructure to the U.S. government agencies. As noted on the Apps.gov website:

“Cloud computing plays a key role in the President’s initiative to modernize Information Technology IT by identifying enterprise -wide common services and solutions and adopting a new cloud-computing business model. The Federal CIO Council under the guidance of the Office of Management and Budget OMB and the Federal Chief Information Officer CIO, Vivek Kundra, established the Cloud Computing Initiative to fulfill the President’s objectives for cloud computing.”

via Apps.gov brings cloud computing to the Federal government | CTOvision.com.

Tags: Apps.gov, Cloud Computing, CTOvision.com

What the Hell is Cloud Computing? | Strategies for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC), Open Source| PrudentCloud

I know every one and their grandfather has their own definition of Cloud Computing. As we go through the blogs, marketing paraphernalia we keep seeing the definition of cloud computing evolve or disintegrate. So I thought what would some of the top technology leaders feel and think of Cloud Computing. (No I did not pick the order based on their unbridled opinion rating).

I will start of with Larry Ellison, the oracle of software industry. Most opinionated and mostly correct, as history has proven, sometimes a few years later. Did I mention he is funny too?.

via What the Hell is Cloud Computing? | Strategies for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC), Open Source| PrudentCloud.

Tags: Cloud Computing, Eric Schmidt, Frank Gillett, Larry Ellison, Prudent Cloud, SaaS, Software as a Service, Steve Ballmer, technology leaders, video, Werner Vogels

McGarr Solicitors | Cloud Computing: European Data Protection Dangers

Cloud computing is rapidly becoming a buzzphrase in IT-reliant businesses. Its proponents include some of the largest technology companies in the world. But while enterprises may be able to save money by moving into the cloud it is difficult to see how they can do so with their customer’s personal information without breaching EU data protection law.

Household names like Google, Amazon and Microsoft are racing each other to create rival global platforms for the storage and manipulation of data. They have sent their marketers out amongst us to proclaim the Good News- Cloud Computing will reduce costs and improve service when compared to the traditional self-built and run server rooms most significant organisations are used to.

via McGarr Solicitors – Dublin Solicitors Ireland | Cloud Computing: European Data Protection Dangers.

Tags: Cloud Computing, Europe, European Data Protection, law, legal, McGarr Solicitors, privacy

State of the Cloud – September 2009 :: Jack of all Clouds

To avoid confusion, the analysis will focus on cloud IaaS providers only. Currently tracked are Amazon EC2, Rackspace Cloud Servers (Slicehost), Joyent and GoGrid. I’m inviting the community to comment below regarding providers you feel should (or shouldn’t) be included. I’ll also be digging deeper into the definition of an IaaS cloud in upcoming posts, so stay tuned.

Snapshot for September 2009

Of the 500k sites analyzed, these are the results for the IaaS providers tracked:

via State of the Cloud – September 2009 :: Jack of all Clouds.

Tags: Amazon, Cloud Computing, EC2, GoGrid, IaaS, Infrastructure as a Service, Jack of all Clouds, Joyent, Rackspace Cloud Servers, Slicehost, State of the Cloud

Games without frontiers

“If gaming from the cloud is as big as gaming on console via DVD then it will be bigger than the music industry in revenue terms before long. Imagine the upgrades and re-versioning that could happen then, nightly builds or hourly builds or mid game code updates! And if the game is in the cloud not the console then the IP is closer to the owner and the not duplicated millions of times to plastic. Game on. ” says Brian Greene who is so not a gamer you would not believe it!

[www.gamasutra.com reports] OnLive Opens Beta For Cloud Computing Game Service. Onlive, which announced its cloud computing gaming service at GDC 2009, revealed today that it has entered open beta.

The service allows gamers to play PC titles through their own PCs or television sets, without needing to render the game on their own hardware — rather, it is rendered remotely and sent frame-by-frame back to the local display device.

In a blog post, OnLive CEO Steve Perlman described the unique challenges of the beta rollout.

“One of the key challenges that OnLive technology addresses is providing a high-quality, fast-response gaming experience over a wide range of situations: different speeds/locations/types of broadband services, a variety of different PC and Mac configurations, several kinds of input and display devices, etc,” he said. “So, a major focus of OnLive Beta is to test as many of these different situations as we can.”

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Tags: Brian Greene, Cloud Computing, Gamasutra, gamers, gaming, onlive

IIA Cloud Computing Working Group

The Irish Internet Association Cloud Computing Working Group seeks to educate decision makers on the advantages of Cloud Computing while also cognisant of the disadvantages. It aims to support businesses to analyse the issues involved in transitioning their IT infrastructure from on premise to cloud applications and advise businesses on areas of concern such as availability, security and data protection. The group aims to clarify the objective opportunities beyond the hype.

via IIA Cloud Computing Working Group.

Tags: Cloud Computing, Collaborative, data protection, IIA, Irish Internet Association, IT infrastructure, security, working group

Cloud Computing: Get Your Head in the Clouds – Home – Kent Langley’s Blog on Cloud Computing, Scalability, and Operations

Cloud computing is a commercial extension of utility computing that enables scalable, elastic, highly available deployment of software applications while minimizing the level of detailed interaction with the underlying technology stack itself.

via Cloud Computing: Get Your Head in the Clouds – Home – Kent Langley’s Blog on Cloud Computing, Scalability, and Operations.

Tags: Cloud Computing, Kent Langley, metered service, on demand, what is cloud computing

CloudSpilt gets ready

Not a cloud in the sky (any more) we’re clear for launch. 10, 9, 8 (ok you get the pun)

Congrats to CloudSpilt in the green white and gold of a new logo move onto the pad for launch.

via [echolibre blog] Last night, a simple holding page for a brand new productwas quietly put live, and announced through a tweet from Joe Drumgoole. CloudSplit is a service that offers users of cloud computing a realtime view of what’s happening and how that hits their wallets.

Tags: Cloud Computing, CloudSpilt, echolibre, launch

HP selects Galway as global centre for cloud computing

by JOHN COLLINS Irish Times
HEWLETT-PACKARD (HP) has designated its Galway software development centre as a global centre of competency for cloud computing.

The first fruits of the new designation is a product recall service for the food industry, which is being launched in Canada.

Announced yesterday, the service will run on HP’s cloud computing platform for manufacturing and is being offered through a partnership with GS1, a non-profit organisation that attempts to make supply chains more efficient.

Cloud computing, which involves accessing applications over the web rather than installing them on a customers’ own premises, is gaining popularity rapidly.
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Tags: Cloud Computing, development centre, Google Mail, GS1, Irish Times