GigaomFear Factor, C-suite edition
With all the fear, uncertainty and doubt swirling about data security in the wake of Edward Snowden, Target breaches and so on, it’s important for C-level execs to act, not retreat,… Read more »
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Cloud computing is internet-based computing in which large groups of remote servers are networked to allow the centralized data storage, and online access to computer services or resources. Clouds can be classified as public, private or hybrid. Cloud computing relies on sharing of resources to achieve coherence and economies of scale, similar to a utility (like the electricity grid) over a network. At the foundation of cloud computing is the broader concept of converged infrastructure and shared services.
MoreWith all the fear, uncertainty and doubt swirling about data security in the wake of Edward Snowden, Target breaches and so on, it’s important for C-level execs to act, not retreat,… Read more »
Many believe that significant changes in networking infrastructure will arrive in 2015 in the form of software-defined networking, but a recent Gigaom Research survey shows that a large portion are already… Read more »
Another wrinkle arises in Microsoft’s already complicated relationship with China: The government has reportedly banned the use of Windows 8 by its employees. Read more »
This year’s Structure agenda will feature speakers from Facebook, Airbnb, and Twitter, as well as Mapping Sessions, the Launchpad, and the Gigaom Run. Read more »
Big data vendor Cloudera is no Google when it comes to data center footprint, but the cost and complexity of its infrastructure are growing with each passing year. Cloudera VP of… Read more »
Availability of SAP’s portfolio on Azure should bolster Microsoft’s contention that Azure is an option for running enterprise applications Read more »
The week in cloud: Amazon joins VMware, Google and Salesforce.com as Microsoft partners not invited to the Microsoft partner conference. Read more »
If you had Amazon’s Werner Vogels, Google’s Urs Hölzle, IBM/SoftLayer’s Lance Crosby, Microsoft’s Scott Guthrie, Rackspace’s Taylor Rhodes in one room, what would you ask? Read more »
In his Weekly Update, David Linthicum, the Gigaom Research curator for cloud, takes a “mid-year OpenStack temperature check”. He finds the technology and the community taking hold with strong players such… Read more »
Heroku has been at the platform-as-a-service game for a long time now, and it’s still trying to bridge the gap between its web-application-centric roots and the enterprise developers it desires. CEO… Read more »