Lately it seems there are a number of people in the cloud computing community who are starting to discuss alternatives to the dreaded five nines concept and looking at ways that cloud-based infrastructures could be configured/deployed in a manner that is more proactive than reactive to disasters.
What will Business Intelligence be like in the future? “BI in the Cloud” architecture is only going to be feasible when most of your source data lives in the cloud already, possibly in something something like SQL Server Data Services or Amazon Simple DB or Google BigTable; or possibly in a hosted app like Salesforce.com.
Server virtualization provides an immediate reduction in hardware and configuration cost. But in focusing merely on the hardware side of virtualization, are we leaving money on the table? While organizations can reduce the number of boxes they need, and save the cost of replicating servers for virtual test beds, these servers are becoming commodities.
A well configured cloud computing architecture is a hacker’s worst nightmare. Conversely, a poorly configured cloud computing architecture is a hacker’s best dream. Cloud computing has the technology and many of the systems in place already; now it is up to the lawmakers to step up to the plate.
The industry’s resident odd couple, Microsoft and Novell, announced a joint virtualization solution for customers running mixed-source environments Thursday, promoting it as “the first complete, fully supported and optimized virtualization solution to span Windows and Linux environments.”
SYS-CON Events’ sales team replied to Scott Kelly’s exhibitor inquiry, but when they never heard back from Scott, they decided to do a little Googling and here is what they found out. Mr Kelly is actually the ‘Director of Product Management at TechTarget,’ a technology media company that is struggling to produce a competitive show (with no luck) and compete with AJAX World RIA Conference & Expo. No wonder TechTarget is in pitiful shape as a competitor of SYS-CON Events. Look at the actions of their senior management - they can’t even spy on their competitors, forget about putting together a show. :- ))
“We believe that virtualization actually unlocks cloud computing,” declared Gartner’s VP and Chief of Research of Infrastructure and Operations, Tom Bittman, speaking at this week’s “Get Virtual Now” event in Bellevue, Washington. “What the cloud is delivering is essentially virtualized services,” Bittman added.