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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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