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X-Force Warns Earth’s Citizens of Imminent Threat
Post Date: August 25, 2010 @ 11:14AM, Eastern Daylight Time
Blog: Behind the Cloud

IBM X-Force has united to deliver a stern message to cloud-using citizens that their workloads might not be safe given a swift uptick in threats from hypervisor attacks and inappropriate application-specific cloud security strategies.

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The Cloud to 3PAR's Silver Lining
Post Date: August 25, 2010 @ 12:30AM, Eastern Daylight Time
Blog: Behind the Cloud

At the heart of a highly publicized (which is only natural since the price point is in the billions) bidding war between HP and Dell is high-performance storage company, 3PAR. An announcement tonight revealed that HP's offer is being considered if Dell doesn't up the ante. After all, it's only a few billion more...

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Large Enterprises Giving IaaS a Second Glance
Post Date: August 24, 2010 @ 2:00PM, Eastern Daylight Time
Blog: Behind the Cloud

According the survey results from the Yankee Group, a relatively large number (at least compared to what one might have imagined) are taking a fresh look at IaaS as a cloud strategy. While this could mean there is growing traction for infrastructure as a service, there is a big difference between responding to a survey and implementing solutions.

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Behind Iceland’s Green Cloud
Post Date: August 17, 2010 @ 11:59PM, Eastern Daylight Time
Blog: Behind the Cloud

An interview with Icelandic cloud provider GreenQloud's CEO. The new company is a “provider of the world’s first truly green public compute cloud” but some take issue with the "first" designation and wonder about storing data on a volcanic island--even if the costs might be lower and the feeling "greener."

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Steam Engine Rolls into HPC Cloud Market
Post Date: August 17, 2010 @ 4:59PM, Eastern Daylight Time
Blog: Behind the Cloud

Australian IT systems integrator Frontline Systems announced Steam Engine, which is a cloud-based infrastructure provider with an eye on the HPC market in specific application areas. HPC in the Cloud discusses specifics with Steam Engine's CTO at length for more insight.

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About Nicole Hemsoth

Nicole Hemsoth is the managing editor of HPC in the Cloud and will discuss a range of overarching issues related to HPC-specific cloud topics in posts, which will appear several times per week in Behind the Cloud.

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Feature Articles

Cloud Computing: Improving Enterprise IT Efficiency and Agility

Cloud computing may be considered a new phenomenon in IT, but, in many ways, it is an evolution propelled by new IT delivery models and enabling technologies. Initially, driven by cost concerns, enterprises turned to collocation as a more efficient IT delivery model. The next logical step, managed hosting, allowed enterprises to leverage the management expertise – and efficiencies – of service providers.
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Inching Closer to a New Era for Interoperability Standards

Interoperability remains a critical issue for groups advocating that users and vendors alike require a healthy, open ecosystem to drive greater adoption rates but the standardization for portability has been slow in coming. Groups like the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) are working together with other standards bodies to create a better cloud as the organization's president discusses during an interview following news of OVF standardization--a first step for workload portability standards.
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On Par for 2 Billion: 3PAR Discusses Cloud Strategy

Storage vendor 3PAR has been at the heart of an intense bidding war between HP and Dell due to its unique refinements and developments in virtualized storage platform concepts. Thin provisioning and a focus on the needs of large-scale enterprises and cloud providers have catapulted the company into the public eye but as 3PAR's Craig Nunes discusses with HPC in the Cloud, the cloud strategy has been consistent since 1999--even if the world is just taking notice now.
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Oracle Placing GridEngine on New Track

Sep 03 | The Sun GridEngine, now the Oracle GridEngine has been a key open source staple for several HPC users for years. As Oracle takes a closer look at the product's potential for cloud and other uses, the future of its status as open source has been put into serious question. Read more...

What CERN Can Teach Enterprises About Computing, Collaboration

Sep 02 | A new research project from the London School of Economics and HfS is examining the lessons that enterprise can learn from the collaborative, distributed CERN computing (and cultural) environment. Read more...

Hybrid Workflow Model at Heart of Tornado Research

Sep 02 | The Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms undertook a hybrid computing project called the “Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery II” (LEAD II) with the help of the Big Red cluster and Microsoft’s Azure to better predict tornado conditions and to aid in the advancement of VORTEX2 goals. Read more...

Application Flexibility and the New Enterprise Architecture

Aug 31 | Application delivery strategies must be shaped with flexibility in mind as the number of platforms delivering core applications is bound to change with time. Since a greater number of devices and platforms are entering the infrastructure mix, those who do not adapt quickly face being locked into strategies that do not mesh well with new developments. Read more...

A Maturation Stage for Storage Virtualization

Aug 27 | Storage virtualization has been gaining momentum as it moves from concept to practice but some suggest the offerings in this realm have not matured sufficiently and require a longer maturation process before wider adoption occurs. Read more...

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