Cloud computing is all the rage. “It’s become the phrase du jour,” says Gartner senior analyst Ben Pring, echoing many of his peers. The problem is that (as with Web 2.0) everyone seems to have a different definition. As a metaphor for the Internet, “the cloud” is a familiar cliché, but when combined with “computing,” [...]

Cloud computing is Internet-based (“cloud”) development and use of computer technology (“computing”). The cloud is a metaphor for the Internet (based on how it is depicted in computer network diagrams) and is an abstraction for the complex infrastructure it conceals.[1] It is a style of computing in which IT-related capabilities are provided “as a service”,[2] [...]

Cloud computing has become a reality, yet the hype surrounding cloud has started to exceed the laws of physics and economics. The robust cloud (of all software on demand that will replace the enterprise data center) will crash into some of the same barriers and diseconomies that are facing enterprise IT today. Certainly there will [...]

DCS understands: a data center facility and the nodes within form an intrinsically linked eco-system. Based on an analysis of each customer’s compute requirements and physical infrastructure, our experts optimize the data center environment, starting from the individual server component up to the facility level. The result is a harmonized solution that delivers excellent efficiency [...]

New “cloud-computing” platform, Windows Azure, gives Microsoft access to huge business market After three years of work, Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie unveiled a wholesale change in strategy Monday. The Redmond company whose mega-profits derive from software that runs on PCs and server computers, is launching a broad computing platform for a new era [...]

On what’s missing in today’s technology revolution: During the past decade, a dramatic transformation in the world of information technology has been taking shape. It’s a transformation that will change the way we experience the world and share our experiences with others. It’s a transformation in which the barriers between technologies will fall away so [...]