Government Cloud – CIO Best Practices
The State of Michigan’s ‘MiCloud’ strategy is a comprehensive framework for adoption of Cloud Computing by a government agency, one that can act as a best practice blueprint for others to emulate.
Most notably they opt not to use the centralized Apps.gov store. Instead they define their own role as a full-service solution provider for their clients, and handle all the supplier negotiations and in a manner that enables cross-provider switching and avoids vendor lock-in.
Altus365 launches vSearchCloud platform for media content
Altus365, previously known as simply Altus, is introducing vSearchCloud, a cloud-based rich-media search platform for enterprises.
Basically, the vSearchCloud platform runs on a hybrid cloud infrastructure for the purpose of building multi-format applications and to be accessible from anywhere, anytime on any device, such as desktops and smartphones. (Thus, the addition of “365″ to the company’s name.)
Three little clouds and the big bad world
A few weeks back I seem to have mystified a few readers with my apparent volte-face on the topic of private cloud, when I pointed out that any public cloud provider has to run a private cloud to operate its own service or platform. To help explain my thinking, I thought it might be useful to share with you today the ancient fable of the three little clouds and the big bad world…
Building a Dynamic, Interoperable Cloud
It’s been said that virtualization is a means to an end, with the implication that "the end" is in fact the cloud.
But that’s not entirely true, considering the cloud is merely another tool in the quest for an even greater end: a fully dynamic, endlessly scalable data environment.
For most enterprises, that means a lively mix of public, private and hybrid resources, all operating as a single, integrated environment that enables users to access only the resources they need for the job at hand.
Sounds simple on paper.
Universities offered high-performance computing cloud via Janet
Universities can now run cloud-based research on Janet, the joint academic network.
The UK-based service from Logicalis is built on the IBM Power7 platform. It enables communities of researchers to pool their funding to buy a shared slice of high-performance computer (HPC) processing. The Logicalis cloud dynamically allocates the HPC pool equitably in real-time, with each institution able to use up to 100% of the pool.
A Closer Look at Cloud-based Testing with Soasta
One of the themes many of us commentators harp on about is the fact that barriers to entry for application developers have never been lower – the availability of cloud hosting, agile development methodologies, even this crazy frothy investment cycle we’re in all combine to see lots of applications being created…
Capex vs. opex: Is cloud computing really cheaper?
How to minimize cloud security risks
It’s scary out there in the cloud. Data thieves, hackers, criminals, they’re all out there scouring the Internet around the clock for ways to get into your corporate networks so they can steal data from poorly protected businesses.
So how can your enterprise safely use the cloud and what do you need to know about protecting your data and infrastructure from the bad guys? Is it even possible that your business can safely use cloud computing?
None of these are simple questions, says Ara Trembly, principal of The Tech Consultant, an IT consultancy.
Intercloud as a ‘To Be’ Cloud architecture
One of the keynote topics of our forthcoming International Cloud Symposium is ‘Intercloud‘.
Like the Internet joins networks into a ‘network of networks’, so the Intercloud will do the same for computing clouds…
Yahoo’s own public cloud architecture exposed
Here is a diagram of Yahoo’s own public cloud architecture.
