May 5, 2011 Off

AWS, GoGrid Empower Users, ISVs with Rights Management

By David
Grazed from GigaOM.  Author: Derrick Harris.

Lost in the storm surrounding new cloud products and leaked plans, Amazon Web Services and GoGrid both made some significant strides this week toward addressing key digital-rights management issues. Neither feature is particularly sexy by cloud computing standards, but both should improve the experience for enterprises as they move applications to the cloud.

May 5, 2011 Off

Brocade develops ethernet fabric for cloud computing

By David
Grazed from Computer Weekly.  Author: Cliff Saran.

Brocade has developed a fabric-based ethernet network, designed to tackle the challenges of networking in a cloud computing environment.

According to Brocade, Ethernet networks are not designed for cloud computing. While network managers have previously been able to optimise networks by managing performance at the network’s core, Marcus Jewell, regional sales director at Brocade, says virtualisation means network traffic becomes unpredictable.

May 5, 2011 Off

The Software Licensing in the Cloud Conundrum

By David
Grazed from IT Business Edge.  Author:  Michael Vizard.

One of the thorniest issues when it comes to cloud computing is software license management. Both software vendors and customer alike, albeit for different reasons, are concerned about how software licensing in the cloud will evolve, especially in an age where software pricing is still tied heavily to the class of processor being used.

May 5, 2011 Off

Why Cloud Is Forcing Cisco to Embrace Open Source

By David
Grazed from GigaOM.  Author: Derrick HArris.

Cisco’s cloud computing ambitions might be judged by outsiders as being centered around selling servers and networking gear to cloud data centers, but recent developments show that such an assessment might not be entirely fair. The networking giant has been forced to reassess its business in a major way lately, and, at long last, it appears as if Cisco understands that open source software will be critical to its cloud success.

May 4, 2011 Off

How to prepare for future hybrid cloud management

By David
Grazed from ComputerWorld.  Author: Galen Schreck.

There’s no question that cloud computing will be the trend to alter organisations’ infrastructure the most over the next few years, especially as firms transition from basic server virtualisation to the private cloud.

May 4, 2011 Off

With 3-D Transistors, Intel Keeps Moore’s Law Ticking

By David
Grazed from GigaOM.  Author: Stacey Higginbotham.

Intel has managed to keep pushing Moore’s Law by developing a 3-D transistor that allows the chipmaker to deliver ever smaller chips that will be more powerful, yet consume less energy. The race to build ever smaller chips to meet Moore’s Law ensures our electronics get more powerful and still decrease in costs every 18 months to two years. However, shrinking our chips has become more and more difficult and expensive, and people worried that we had reached a plateau. On Wednesday, Intel proved them wrong — for a few more years at least.