VMware lays out roadmap to the clouds.

Cloud Computing on CNBC – $100B market

By G C Network | May 28, 2008

Google’s Head In The Clouds Follow me at https://Twitter.com/Kevin_Jackson

IBM Blue Cloud

By G C Network | May 28, 2008

A short news interview on the IBM Blue Cloud . Follow me at https://Twitter.com/Kevin_Jackson

Amazon’s Cloud Overtakes Websites

By G C Network | May 27, 2008

May 27, 2008 See NY Times article, Cloud Computing: So You Don’t Have to Stand Still Follow me at https://Twitter.com/Kevin_Jackson

May 1 IBM, Google Partnership Announcement

By G C Network | May 27, 2008

In this video, IBM and Google announce their joint cloud computing initiative. As I said in my earlier post, Google and IBM have teamed up to provide a “Google-like” infrastructure.…

“The Missing Piece in Cloud Computing”

By G C Network | May 27, 2008

First Software as a Service – SaaS…Then Hardware as a Service – HaaS…Now, Middleware as a Service – MaaS? GigaSpaces’ CMO Geva Perry will be presenting on middleware virtualization at…

How the NRO can leverage Cloud Computing

By G C Network | May 26, 2008

Last Thursday, May 22nd, I had the pleasure of attending an Intelligence Community Executive Forum hosted by Carahsoft. The topic of this forum was “”Innovative Technology for the Intelligence Enterprise”.…

Green Cloud Computing

By G C Network | May 26, 2008

The other day I was asked “Why is cloud computing considered green?” Wouldn’t you know, The Economist provided the perfect answer. “In future the geography of the cloud is likely…

Oracle in the Cloud

By G C Network | May 25, 2008

Oracle (NSDQ: ORCL) is building new data centers to support cloud computing. The company is investing $285M and will break ground on the 200,000-square-foot facility this summer. Oracle’s president Safra…

Explaining Cloud Computing

By G C Network | May 23, 2008

In the video Explaining Cloud Computing Christopher Barnatt, author of ExplainingComputers.com, and Associate Professor of Computing and Organizations in Nottingham University Business School, provides a very understandable explaination of cloud…

Cloud Computing supports Net-Centric Warfare

By G C Network | May 23, 2008

Netcentric warfare theory contains the following four tenets in its hypotheses: 1) A robustly networked force improves information sharing;2) Information sharing enhances the quality of information and shared situational awareness;3)…

Earlier this year, Diane Greene, VMware President and Co-Founder, described cloud computing as the final evolutionary step for virtualization. Reza Malekzadeh, Senior Director of Products and Marketing reinforced that view at the Nordic Virtualization Conference in June 2. They both presented a five stage vision where virtualization is used first for test and development, then for server consolidation, then for infrastructure on demand, then for data center automation and finally for cloud computing.

Is this their mantra now?

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