The Datacenter of the Future -- What Was Once Old Is Now New Again

Nov 14, 2008 | The Datacenter Journal | The new millennium ushered in distributed, web-based applications and saw the reemergence of an old trend … the rise of centralized, shared computing resources.
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IBM Turns To Cloud Management

Nov 14, 2008 | InformationWeek | Want a clue on what's next from IBM in cloud computing? Then take note that Dennis Quan, the guy behind IBM's cloud computing partnership with Google.
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Managed Services: Inhibitor or Enabler?

Nov 13, 2008 | Channel Insider | The managed services platforms must support all technologies, including virtualization and Microsoft servers, or it just gets in the way, says one CEO.
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Private Cloud Networks Are the Future of Corporate IT

Nov 13, 2008 | Network World | The future of corporate IT is in private clouds, flexible computing networks modeled after public providers such as Google and Amazon yet built and managed internally for each business's users, the analyst firm Gartner says.
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VMware's Lofty Cloud Computing Goals

Nov 13, 2008 | BusinessWeek | Former Microsoft executive Paul Maritz is now determined to turn his new employer, VMware, into a leader in cloud computing.
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Q&A: Nicholas Carr on 'The Big Switch' to Cloud Computing

Nov 12, 2008 | Computerworld | Author says cloud approach is reliable enough for many apps, but warns about vendor lock-in.
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The Rumor Is True...But Why the Secrecy?

Nov 12, 2008 | Virtual Strategy Magazine | Back in September during VMworld 2008, there was a rumor floating around the event's showroom floor that begged to be verified.
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Cloud Computing as the Enabler of HPC

Nov 12, 2008 | Ovum | Currently there are computing consumers and computing providers, but like the utilities and energy markets a richer variety of market roles will emerge.
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Chris Hoff on Virtualization and Cloud Computing

Nov 11, 2008 | CSO | Security expert Chris Hoff on how to approach virtualization security, why "the" cloud doesn't exist, and "the giant hamster wheel of pain."
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Microsoft's Cloud Push: Too Little Too Late on Purpose?

Nov 11, 2008 | TG Daily | Dana Gardner looks at the implications of cloud computing and Microsoft's role, opportunities and risks in this new arena.
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What Is in Cloud Computing?

Nov 11, 2008 | Baseline | Cloud computing sits at the intersection of outsourcing, utility computing and SaaS.
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How to Tackle the Challenge of Virtualization Management

Nov 10, 2008 | Enterprise Management Quarterly | Effective management means maintaining the virtualized environment at required levels of performance and availability.
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A Sunny Outlook for Telcos in the Move to Cloud Services

Nov 10, 2008 | Telecom | While Microsoft, Amazon and Google are staking their claims, the industry’s original network operators also have something to say about the network finally becoming the computer.
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Google Considers Opening Its Platform

Nov 10, 2008 | The Inquirer | Google could be mulling a move which would allow outside developers to play around with the firm's development stack.
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Obstacles to Cloud Computing

Nov 07, 2008 | DM Review | Cloud computing is on the verge of being commercially viable, but government coud slow its progress.
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Web 2.0 Summit: Cloud Computing Smackdown

Nov 07, 2008 | Intelligent Enterprise | Microsoft competitors Marc Benioff of Salesforce and Dave Girouard of Google sound off on Microsoft's Azure venture into the cloud.
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The Costs of Implementing Virtualization in the SME

Nov 06, 2008 | Processor | While some hypervisors have become a free commodity, many enterprises still look to commercial versions to help manage a potentially chaotic virtualized environment.
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Opening the Cloud

Nov 06, 2008 | Technology Review | There is growing interest in open-source cloud-computing tools, for which the source code is freely available.
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Gartner: First-Time SOA Adoption Falling

Nov 06, 2008 | Government Technology | The majority of large organizations are moving ahead with service-oriented architecture (SOA), but a growing number are deferring plans, according to a survey by Gartner Inc.
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Why Private Cloud Computing Is Beginning to Get Traction

Nov 05, 2008 | eWEEK | Cloud computing, still in its infancy but growing steadily as a major player in midmarket enterprise IT, is already starting to branch off into more custom-designed configurations.
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Hosted Business Intelligence -- Why the Time Is Right

Nov 05, 2008 | The Data Warehousing Institute | There are many reasons why the market has recently seen greater acceptance of SaaS BI solutions.
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Cloud Computing Tools For Managing Amazon, Google Services

Nov 05, 2008 | InformationWeek | Getting the most out of Amazon's Web Services or Google's App Engine requires the right tools. This article runs down the benefits of Elastra, Coghead, Heroku, Enomaly, and Hyperic CloudStatus.
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Closing the Gap Between Apps and Ops

Nov 04, 2008 | Cloud Computing Architect | Application virtualization can close the deployment gap by separating applications from their operating infrastructure.
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Intel Cutting Its VMware Stake in Half

Nov 04, 2008 | Reuters | Intel sold 1 million shares to Cisco Systems and EMC, and plans to sell another 3.75 million on the open market.
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A Risky Cloud Approach?

Nov 04, 2008 | KMWorld | Mysterious interactions among systems create "What do we do now?" situations.
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