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Category Archives: Cloud
Some favorite 2009 blog entries on open source, standards, and cloud computing
I’ve been doing some year-end maintenance on the blog and in doing so put together the following list of blog entries that are among my favorites on the topics of open source, standards, and cloud computing. I could have also … Continue reading
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Daily Links for Friday, December 11, 2009
Cloud IBM: LotusLive paying subscribers go from 0 to 18 million in a year ZDNet / Larry Dignan That LotusLive tally at the beginning of the year was nil so the growth is stunning. I double checked with IBM to … Continue reading
Webcast: “Smart Business Development and Test with IBM and Linux in the Cloud”
On Thursday, December 17, IBM will present a webcast entitled “Smart Business Development and Test with IBM and Linux in the Cloud.” From the description: More than just a presentation, this webcast will take you from the theory of cloud … Continue reading
Daily Links for Sunday, November 29, 2009
Cloud Roll Your Own Ubuntu Private Cloud InformationWeek / Serdar Yegulalp Conventional wisdom has it that if you want to make use of “the cloud,” you’ve got to use someone else’s service — Amazon’s EC2, Google’s clouds, and so on. … Continue reading
What does a cloud computing user want?
Several weeks ago I gave a talk called “Regarding Clouds, Mainframes, and Desktops… and Linux” at LinuxCon in Portland (video, slides). Since then I’ve reprised parts of the talk several times, including a couple of times for IBM-only audiences. I’m … Continue reading
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Who is the user for cloud computing?
Several weeks ago I gave a talk called “Regarding Clouds, Mainframes, and Desktops… and Linux” at LinuxCon in Portland (video, slides). Since then I’ve reprised parts of the talk several times, including a couple of times for IBM-only audiences. I’m … Continue reading
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Daily Links for Wednesday, October 8, 2009
Software Study: Windows 7 doesn’t boot faster CNet / Ina Fried Despite positive reviews of the new operating system’s snappiness, PC tune-up company Iolo Technologies says its actually takes longer than Vista to get going. Cloud IBM Thinks Big with … Continue reading
Daily Links for Friday, September 25, 2009 – Evening Edition
Cloud IBM Supplies Cloud System for Chinese City eWeek / Chris Preimesberger IBM’s CloudBurst software and services package will be used by the local government of Dongying, China, to access software development and test resources for software startup companies via … Continue reading
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Daily Links for Thursday, September 24, 2009 – IBM/Canonical Edition
IBM Markets Wares to Africa: Company Targets Region With Low-Cost Software, Challenging Microsoft Wall Street Journal / William M. Bulkeley IBM, which has been pushing into developing markets like Africa and Asia as mature markets slow, said the package — … Continue reading
Daily Links for Wednesday, September 23, 2009 – Morning Edition
Cloud IBM, Microsoft Back Zend Open Cloud API InformationWeek / Charles Babcock Simple API will seek to counteract the tendency of each cloud to have some proprietary parts, making it difficult for an application to work with services in more … Continue reading
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IBM and Canonical partner on software package for Africa
The Wall Street Journal broke the story this morning of a partnership between IBM and Canonical to provide a software package for users of netbooks and other thin clients in Africa. The package, which can be configured in several ways … Continue reading
Daily Links for Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Office Web Apps: The beginning of the end for Microsoft? InfoWorld / Randall C. Kennedy So when Microsoft makes noise about embracing the cloud, then delivers something designed to preserve the status quo, we feel compelled to call them on … Continue reading
Daily Links for Wednesday, September 16, 2009 – Evening Edition
Open Source Linux and Virtualization Will March Forward Together OSTATIC / Sam Dean This trend is not just here to stay–it’s growing quickly. Virtual environments can mean fewer servers, lower fees for software licenses, reduced need for space for servers, … Continue reading
Daily Links for Wednesday, September 16, 2009 – Morning Edition
Open Source Is Cloud Computing Killing Open Source? ebizQ / Andre Yee Depending on the cloud computing service, I find that open source is complementary, rather than competitive with the cloud based model. If that’s true, even though cloud computing … Continue reading
Daily Links for Sunday, September 6, 2009
Open Source Ubuntu’s Karmic Koala emerges in alpha 5 DesktopLinux.com The Ubuntu project released Karmic Koala alpha 5 (Ubuntu 9.10), which adds Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud support, a new Ubuntu Cloud file-sharing service, and default switches to GCC 4.4, Ext4, and … Continue reading
Daily Links for August 12, 2009
Windows and Security How to save the Internet from Windows ComputerWorld “After last week’s near-collapse of the social networks, such as Twitter, due to a Windows-based, botnet DDoS attack, I made a modest proposal: Throw Windows off the Internet. Here’s … Continue reading
Daily Links for August 10, 2009
InfoWorld: VMware buys SpringSource in cloud move “VMware said Monday afternoon it is acquiring SpringSource, maker of the popular open source Spring framework for Java development and related technologies, for $362 million in cash and equity plus the assumption of … Continue reading
Daily Links for August 5, 2009
Linux IBM Linux Virtualization and Cloud Seminar – August 11, San Francisco “Linux, virtualization and cloud computing are the three most important trends in IT today. They’re also interlinked. Attend our half-day seminar, IBM Linux Virtualization and Cloud Seminar, and … Continue reading
Daily Links for August 4, 2009
Wikis The prospects of Microsoft Word in the wiki-based world “All in all, I’ve had a relationship with Microsoft Word for over two decades, with only a couple of brief dalliances with Ami Pro and DeScribe for OS/2 in between … Continue reading
ZDNet video on cloud
ZDNet has now published a composite video of some interviews they did at the Cloud Expo in London a couple of weeks ago. My bit starts at about 2:39 into it. Who is really moving to the cloud? | ZDNet … Continue reading
Linux, Virtualization, and Clouds
The presentation I gave yesterday at Cloud Expo Europe is now available online. As with most presentations, the slides are meant to drive the discussion and not be 100% expositionally complete. In particular, my thesis in this talk is that … Continue reading
The Open Cloud Manifesto has been published
The very, very secret (not really) Open Cloud Manifesto is now published and available online.
Video on IBM and open clouds
Here’s a video from YouTube of IBM Researcher Jonathan Appavoo talking about IBM and open clouds:
When you choose your clouds, don’t make foggy choices
Whenever there is a major evolution in IT technology trends, the industry has a choice: do we go with proprietary data formats, protocols, and programming interfaces, or do we take a more open approach, allowing the provider with the best … Continue reading
At the airport + Linux, virtualization, and the cloud
I’m sitting near Gate 36 at Washington’s National Airport waiting for my 3:30 PM flight home. Evidently it’s going to be delayed a bit, but given that I was originally on the 9:10 flight, 45 minutes or so won’t be … Continue reading
Some notes on cloud computing and standards
Last Tuesday I attended the pre-Cloud Connect meeting to talk about the state of standards and cloud computing. I wasn’t planning to do so, but I was tapped to give some overall remarks on standards and my past experiences. While … Continue reading
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Compatibility, interoperability, and interchangeability
I often find it amusing when people pull out a very significant sounding, obviously committee-written definition of “interoperability.” If I didn’t know better, I would have thought that the definition was written and then delivered on a stone tablet. Is … Continue reading
