Tag Archives: Cloud computing

IT as a service on the Cloud is not the end

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Ray

[Long post] Read another intriguing post by David Vellente at Wikibon today about the emergence of IT shops becoming service organizations to their industries using the cloud to hosting these services.  I am not in complete agreement with Dave but … Continue reading →

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Is cloud a leapfrog technology?

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Ray

Read an article today about Safaricom creating a domestic cloud service offering outside Nairobi in Kenya (see Chasing the African Cloud). But this got me to thinking that cloud services may be just like mobile phones in that developing countries … Continue reading →

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The sensor cloud comes home

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Ray

We thought the advent of smart power meters would be the killer app for building the sensor cloud in the home.  But, this week Honeywell announced a new smart thermostat that attaches to the Internet and uses Opower’s cloud service … Continue reading →

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Is cloud computing/storage decentralizing IT, again?

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Ray

Since IT began, over the course of years, computing services have run through massive phases of decentralization out to departments followed by consolidation back to the data center.  In the early years of computing, from the 50s to the 60s, … Continue reading →

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Data processing logistics

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Ray

Chuck Hollis wrote a great post on “information logistics” as a new paradigm for IT centers to have to consider as they deploy applications around the globe and into the cloud.  The problem is that there’s lot’s of data to … Continue reading →

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Free P2P-Cloud Storage and Computing Services?

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Ray

What would happen if somebody came up with a peer-to-peer cloud (P2P-Cloud) storage or computing service.  I see this as Operating a little like Napster/Gnutella where many people come together and share out their storage/computing resources. It could operate in … Continue reading →

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