Google Researchers Reveal Lessons Learned in Large-Scale Cloud Storage

Mar 01, 2011 | Full Study on ScribD | Researchers from Google share insights related to the issue of availability of large-scale cloud storage systems as tested and encountered at their own facilities.
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General Electric Explores Industrial Applications for Cloud Computing

Feb 25, 2011 | GE Global Research | General Electric has been a pioneer in cloud computing in the large enterprise context and is making strides to further develop its industrial and research reach via the cloud.
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Studio Execs Discuss Render Farms in the Cloud

Feb 24, 2011 | Variety | While some render farms have found their way to the cloud, some studios are shunning cloud computing due to latency and security concerns.
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Ford Motor Company Turns to Cloud-Based Prediction Market Software

Feb 22, 2011 | InternetNews | Ford Motor Company and a number of other mega-enterprises are turning to cloud based solutions for prediction market software, which uses heavy-duty predictive analytics to determine outcomes on markets, stocks, and products.
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Open Science Data Cloud Receives Further Support

Feb 17, 2011 | NSF | The Open Science Data Cloud project from the University of Illinois has received additional resources from the NSF to further their goals to create a unique cloud resource for scientific collaboration and research.
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Open Source Key to Jeopardy Supercomputer Battle

Feb 14, 2011 | Apache Software Foundation | As the IBM Watson supercomputer prepares to battle human champions on Jeopardy, the Apache Software Foundation highlights the role of open source software keys to supercomputer trivia performance.
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Canonical, Autonomic Resources Push Open Source Government Clouds

Feb 11, 2011 | eWeek | As federal agencies seek to meet the demands of the "Cloud First" policy, vendor relationships like the one struck among Dell, Canonical and Autonomic Resources aim to deliver on open source, cost-efficiency goals.
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Global Insurance Firm Boosts Financial Modeling Capability

Feb 10, 2011 | Insurance News | ING Insurance Benelux announced that it was making use of a solution to improve the speed and accuracy of insurance assessment models for risk managers.
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Defense Information Systems Agency Marks Virtualization Milestones

Feb 09, 2011 | DefenseSystems | CIO of America's Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) recently discussed efforts to move toward full virtualization over the coming year, noting key challenges and benefits.
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Collaboration Brings New Tools to Russian Oil Industry Geologists

Feb 08, 2011 | World Oil News | Russia is home to some of the largest oil and gas industry resources, but the the processes used for discovery and production require sophisticated, expensive systems. A new industry-university collaboration is bringing cloud-based tools to the table to refine operations.
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Benchmarking Effort Declares Tie Between Cloud and Native Hardware

Feb 03, 2011 | Bio-IT World | A recent effort led by Cycle Computing based on the SHOC benchmark revealed equal performance between GPU-accelerated cloud and native hardware.
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Cloud Still Lofty Concept for EDA Execs

Feb 03, 2011 | EETimes | The EDA industry has produced a few solid use cases supporting the value of EDA software as a service, however sentiments about the role of clouds for the industry are mixed among top officials.
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Weighing the Cloud ROI for High Performance Computing

Feb 01, 2011 | Computer Weekly | Analysts are looking at ways to provide a big picture view for HPC users in the cloud to help them evaluate ROI, however, given the diversity of applications and needs, specific recommendations are hard to come by.
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Bias on Public Clouds for Big Data

Jan 31, 2011 | Thought Leaders in the Cloud | Randy Bias discusses using public clouds for HPC and the bias that leads such decisions in an interview that covers this and cloud computing evolution as a whole.
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On Realistic Expectations for HPC Clouds

Jan 31, 2011 | Scalability.org | The idea that HPC in the cloud should be simple and fulfill the true promise of instant, on-demand resources without effort is faulty, according to Joe Landman, who argues that customer expectations are not meeting with HPC cloud realities.
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Open Source Cloud Project Aims to Topple Commercial Offerings

Jan 26, 2011 | Contrail Project | An EU-funded open source cloud project has taken aim at the lack of interoperability and fears of vendor-lock in associated with commercia cloud providers.
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Bringing Russian IT Up to Speed

Jan 26, 2011 | The Moscow Times | Russia is involved in an intense game of technological "catch up" according to one Accenture analyst. Cloud computing, if the necessary infrastructure to support it can become a priority, can help bring the country closer to its technology goals.
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Drawing Around Cloud’s Geographical Borders

Jan 25, 2011 | IT Pro | Due to a number of geographical restrictions on data storage, cloud providers seeing opportunities in outside markets are bringing their services to the local user base.
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The Uphill Battle for SaaS Companies on Wall Street

Jan 24, 2011 | Financial Times (Registration Required) | As a recent Financial Times argues, it is difficult for SaaS companies focused on Wall Street to prove their revenue model in the short term--or at all, thus leading to immaturity of cloud services in this market.
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CA Technologies Releases “Cloud Thinking” Report on Large Enterprise Adoption

Jan 21, 2011 | CA Technologies (Registration Required) | A recent report from CA Technologies examines adoption of cloud models in large enterprises, noting that although many have taken a new approach for email and collaboration, mission critical applications in the cloud are not in the majority of use cases.
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NASA Team Working on Nebula Object Store

Jan 18, 2011 | NASA | NASA developers are working on the Nebula Object Store which will enter its beta phase soon before rolling out for use later this year. This is a new feature for Nebula, which is NASA's cloud platform.
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AWS Banished to Bottom of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant

Jan 14, 2011 | Network World | Gartner released its report of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) providers for the year, placing Amazon Web Services at the bottom of the tiered list.
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Cloud Computing in Healthcare Moving Beyond Storage

Jan 13, 2011 | CMIO | Despite a complex regulatory environment use of cloud-based applications to conduct clinical research are increasing in complexity and clinician adoption.
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Cloud to Drive a Resurgence of...Workstations?

Jan 11, 2011 | Enterprise Networking Planet | While it may seem counterintuitive, workstations might see a resurgence due to cloud computing. Solutions to help users offload parallel processing tasks to the cloud while reaping the benefits of graphics and power of workstations are increasing, as are bigger, better desktop systems.
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Oracle’s Cloud Experts Gear Up for World Tour

Jan 11, 2011 | Oracle | Oracle is setting the stage for a world tour to expand its reach in the global cloud computing market. The company has released materials aimed at definings its role beyond SaaS.
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