Archive for October 2008
Is the cloud computing hype bad?
From Gartner “Why a little cloud hype might be useful“: “It’s too simplistic to say cloud hype is bad . If we are technically expert is might irritate us with…
Read MoreStop the FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) !!
Dan Morrill! Count me in !! In his excellent article, “Cloud Computing is Scary – But the FUD Has to Stop“, Dan makes some excellent points: It is time to…
Read MoreIBM, Microsoft and Google
On October 6th, IBM launched their cloud services initiative. This is a: “[C]ompany-wide initiative that extends its traditional software delivery model toward a mix of on-premise and cloud computing applications…
Read MoreGovernment in the Cloud
Back in mid-September, there was quite a thread in the Google Cloud Computing Group on the use of cloud computing by the federal government. Some of the interesting comments were:…
Read MoreCloudCamp Partners With SOA-R !!
I’m proud to announce that the final SOA-R Cloud Computing Education Event will be held in collaboration with CloudCamp. Now dubbed CloudCamp:Federal, the event will be held as an “unconference” to help…
Read MoreFederal Cloud Computing Wiki
With the fast growing interest in cloud computing, the Federal Government community has established a Federal Cloud Computing Wiki. This wiki is managed by Dr. Brand Niemann, Senior Enterprise Architect…
Read MoreSOA-R!! Another Hit !!
Yesterday’s SOA-R event coverage by TECH Bisnow Washington was yet another indication that cloud computing is real in the Federal space. Thanks goes to Mr. Dave Stegon from Bisnow on Business and Pauline Healy from Apptis. Thanks…
Read MoreWorld Summit of Cloud Computing, December 1-2, 2008, Wohl Centre, Ramat Gan, Israel
I am proud to announce that I’ve been invited to speak at the “World Summit of Cloud Computing“, December 1-2, 2008, at the Wohl Centre in Ramat Gan, Israel. As…
Read MoreMIT Survey: What A Response !!
We’ve been quite surprised by the number of survey responses we’ve received. THANK YOU !! That subset of the cloud computing community interested in national security and public sector applications…
Read MoreCloud Auction Business Model
The other day I talked about how cloud computing could change the government’s budgeting process. Well what about this! Last week, Google filed a patent application that describes a system…
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