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Mobile virtualization supports mobile cloud computing

December 22, 2010 By 1 Comment
Mobile virtualization

Is seems that some of the latest buzz concerning mobile cloud computing is handset, or smartphone, virtualization. Creating completely separate profiles through virtualizing the handset opens completely new possibilities in terms of usage scenarios. This includes, for example, to integrate both a business profile and a personal profile in the same device - without coinciding any information or applications. Storing copies of the profile(s) in the Cloud means that users can replicate and shift … [Read more...]

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Mobile cloud computing – opportunities and challenges for MNOs

November 30, 2010 By 8 Comments
mCC - revenue by region

Mobile cloud computing (mCC) represents a relatively new, and fast growing, segment of the cloud computing paradigm. In simple terms, mCC is about provisioning mobile applications and services in the cloud, enabled through cloud service providers and delivered to end-user’s mobile handsets over the Internet. In a recent study by Juniper Research, annual revenues from cloud-based mobile applications are expected to reach $9.5 billion in 2014, from $400 million in 2009. The numbers of mCC … [Read more...]

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Android 2.2 and mobile cloud computing

November 8, 2010 By 4 Comments
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It seems that with the latest Android release, v. 2.2, Google is stepping into the enterprise mobile cloud computing realm with its mobile platform. Android 2.2 is supposed to support many of the required security policies enforced in enterprises, especially concerning enterprise email. These include automatic handset lock due to inactivity and administrator remote wiping in the case of lost or stolen handset. More information are given on Google's Enterprise blog Another very interesting … [Read more...]

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Avoiding cloud computing lock-in

October 25, 2010 By 4 Comments
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There is considerable concern among enterprises that by migrating some of their infrastructure or processes to the Cloud, they will experience the dreaded lock-in situation. Selecting a particular vendor cloud platform that is built on proprietary APIs and formats means that enterprises can face a lock-in situation which will make it much harder for them if they, a later stage, want to withdraw from the vendor platform, either because they want to bring the infrastructure/processes back into … [Read more...]

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Hybrid clouds – merge the benefits of private and public clouds

October 18, 2010 By 2 Comments
Hybrid clouds

In order to fully leverage the benefits of both public and private cloud computing, it seems that some kind of hybrid cloud computing could be the viable solution many enterprises are seeking. By implementing a hybrid cloud strategy, enterprises perhaps manage to merge the advantages of private and public clouds, and escape the obviousdisadvantages. Let's briefly examine some of the advantages and disadvantages for each cloud type: Public clouds: Although public clouds address many of the … [Read more...]

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Enterprise vs. commodity class data center strategies

October 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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The virtualized and multi-tenanted data center is at the heart of cloud computing and every cloud-based service. All the applications and services we retrieve or consume in the Cloud, eventually reside in some data center - presumably built according to cloud criteria, i.e. loosely-coupled, shared, virtualized resources, auto-provisioning, auto-scaling, elasticity and so on. The primary difference between traditional corporate data center and cloud computing data center is in scalability and … [Read more...]

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What is a quasi-private cloud?

October 4, 2010 By 2 Comments
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It's not surprising that interest around private clouds and their implementation inside corporate firewalls is increases as many enterprisesreckon that public clouds are not secure or trustworthy enough for migrating their IT systems and/or data to. VMware, HP and others have been introducing private cloud solutions lately that are intended for enterprises that want to obtain the primary benefits of cloud computing, like auto-provisioning, self-service, cost granularity, breakdown pricing and … [Read more...]

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How HTML5 advances Mobile Cloud Computing!

September 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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When it comes to mobile cloud computing there are several inherent obstacles that currently limits its growth and prevalence. Most of these have to do with restrictions related to mobile networks, namely variable data rates, intermittent connectivity and longer network latencies, compared to fixed broadband. These limitations are described in more details in an interesting article from Alcatel-Lucent called Mobile Cloud Computing Challenges. Although future 4G networks, like pure IP-based LTE … [Read more...]

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Understand the security risks in cloud computing

September 19, 2010 By 1 Comment
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The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has done a great job in the furthering awarenes and creating a homogeneous understanding of the major security concerns in cloud computing. It is best known for its security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing, with its latest version issued in Dec. 2009. The CSA guidance clearly describes the major concerns, from a security perspective, that companies need to be aware of if they are considering a Cloud migration or … [Read more...]

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Cloud computing and mobile VoIP

September 16, 2010 By 4 Comments
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Mobile VoIP (mobile Voice-over-IP) can be categorized as a Cloud service if it provisioned through SIP gateways that smartphones running VoIP clients connect to. Juniper Research expects that mVoIP will grow from 15 billion minutes this year to 470 billion minutes by 2015 - that's multiplying the current number with 31. It's been suggested by many, and also hotly debated, that mVoIP is the number one threat that mobile network operators (MNOs) are currently facing - causing a … [Read more...]

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Cloud computing APIs – who will be the winner?

September 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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It is no exaggeration, as David Linthicum at InfoWorld pointed out in a blog post, that cloud computing APIs are going to determine the growth of cloud computing and, eventually, the winners among cloud service providers (CSPs). Today, CSPs either promote their own proprietary API flavor, e.g. the Amazon API and Force.com API, or use an "open source" approach, like some cloud platforms claim to be, such as the Eucalyptus Cloud API standards and the recent OpenStack open standards … [Read more...]

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Will virtualization become less important in cloud computing?

August 30, 2010 By 1 Comment
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It' generally acknowledged that VMware are the leaders in virtualization technology. Products like the the vSpere has probably been installed in more data centers than any ofther virtualization platform. Not to minimize the importance of other platforms, like the Citrix XenServer and Linux KVM, the vSphere is the market leading virtualization platform that together with its strong installed base and head-start set VMware in a comfortable position for developing its cloud computing strategy. And … [Read more...]

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Are telcos not finding their cloud computing niche?

August 20, 2010 By 4 Comments

Are telcos loosing in the race of becoming viable cloud computing service providers? At least it seems that many telcos have had a difficult time in positioning themselves in the cloud ecosphere or even decide what cloud services to offer. Obviously, this does not equally apply to all telcos. Verizon, for example, seem to have already come a long way in providing a robust IaaS services through their Communication-as-a-service (CaaS) offering, stressing in particular data security, bandwidth … [Read more...]

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