Is Cloud Computing vaporware?

Just about as much of a vaporware as the whole internet is, I guess.
Cloud computing is being over-hyped, and enterprises should be wary after high-profile outages at providers such as Amazon cloud services, said analyst firm Ovum.
A raft of IT-as-a-service offerings have emerged in recent years, including Amazon Web Services, Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and [...]

Data Centers may be ready, what about the web consumers?

I guess, that is what I can see what Jim is getting at. Cloud or On-Premise IT shop. Boring is boring. A lot has to change before we can call Clouds the true platforms of change!

While I agree that the enterprise is about control and the web is about emergence (I’ve made the same argument [...]

Skytaps 10 reasons for Cloud Adoption madness in 2009

– Eliminates infrastructure constraints: cloud-based services allow companies to dynamically scale virtual environments quickly and cost- effectively based on business demand.– Turns upfront Cap-Ex into Op-Ex: Cloud services provide the same powerful computing resources without the large upfront investment. Additionally, usage is billed hourly, enabling [...]

What does a Persian Web Developer think of Microsoft Azure?

I find Nasser’s post extremely insightful. Check it out yourself:
But while I’m fairly rah-rah about the potential of cloud computing platforms in theory, I remain skeptical about their efficacy for enterprise software development in practice. By comparison, Microsoft is nothing if not gung-ho. Where Amazon and Google have tread carefully, unveiling their cloud services first [...]

Cloud Rush: A quick check on our bounded awareness

My keynote yesterday at CloudCamp and continuous talks with vendors, consumers and niche-vendors tell me that some big things will be happening in this cloud space:
Semi-nationalization of Data Centers? : At some point of time, the need for political stability or to prevent instability will lead to a typical asset grab and ownership of [...]

Linux is a bare metal Hypervisor!

Kevin Lawton, a friend and one of the pioneers on x86 Virtualization, has finally launched his blog and he starts elegantly with:
here’s been a lot of talk about bare-metal hypervisors in the virtualization realm. All academic arguments aside, the reality is that Linux + KVM is a bare-metal hypervisor. You can create a [...]

Sun VARs getting tired of Schwartz’s open source pitch

“What drives me crazy is that Jonathan spends a lot of time in the press talking about OpenSolaris and not about the architecture and density of Sun’s x86 servers, or what continues to be the world-changing architecture of its Niagara boxes. As a partner I’d like to see him creating increased visibility and attention for [...]

Sun VARs getting tired of Schwartz’s open source pitch

“What drives me crazy is that Jonathan spends a lot of time in the press talking about OpenSolaris and not about the architecture and density of Sun’s x86 servers, or what continues to be the world-changing architecture of its Niagara boxes. As a partner I’d like to see him creating increased visibility and attention for [...]

Sun VARs getting tired of Schwartz’s open source pitch

“What drives me crazy is that Jonathan spends a lot of time in the press talking about OpenSolaris and not about the architecture and density of Sun’s x86 servers, or what continues to be the world-changing architecture of its Niagara boxes. As a partner I’d like to see him creating increased visibility and attention for [...]

Sun VARs getting tired of Schwartz’s open source pitch

“What drives me crazy is that Jonathan spends a lot of time in the press talking about OpenSolaris and not about the architecture and density of Sun’s x86 servers, or what continues to be the world-changing architecture of its Niagara boxes. As a partner I’d like to see him creating increased visibility and attention for [...]