As more companies offer cloud computing services and the number of users increase, statistics tell us that the likelihood of a serious problem occurring, for example, somewhere in the transfer network or in different security segments, increases. We have already seen some serious 'outages' in the past, such at Magnolia, the social bookmarking site that crashed and lost all its data earlier this year. Will 2010 be the year of some disastrous encounters for cloud computing? Some analysts are … [Read more...]
Cloud computing characteristics
December 30, 2009 By 2 Comments
There is a great deal of ambiguity around cloud computing and no agreed definition still exists, although many have provided their own understanding of cloud based services and technologies. A recent, and very readable, webtutorial report (Nov. 2009) called "A Guide For Understanding Cloud Computing" by Dr. Jim Metzler makes a clear attempt to define the characteristics of cloud computing and its boundaries. Firstly, it answers the question of cloud computing primary objective as "to make … [Read more...]
