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UC Berkeley View of Cloud Computing

A CITTIO project, Zeppelin enhances the manageability of cloud computing systems. Utilizing WS-MAN and WBEM, Zeppelin's instrumentation provides detailed asset, performance, auditing, benchmarking and usage metering information for cloud infrastructures

James Urquhart and I recorded show #7 of Overcast, our podcast series on cloud computing. It's up and available here for your listening pleasure.In this episode we have a discussion with Javier Soltero, CEO of Hyperic. Reposting the show notes:Show...

Real Time Web And Cloud Management Standards

Sounds like an interesting foundational overview

Informational self-determination refers to the ability of individuals to exercise personal control over the collection, use and disclosure of their personal information by others. It forms the basis of modern privacy laws and practices around the world. [...] At the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC), we have long advocated a strong role for individuals in managing their personal information, not just by exercising their privacy rights under Ontario law, but also by becoming better informed and using privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs). [...] This paper explores what will be possible if proper digital identity services are deployed and the full power of Cloud computing is realized.

George Reese discusses the number one challenge faced by cloud computing - security. He discusses transparency, credential management, and identity management, intrusion detection, perimeter security, compliance, and the "biggest security hole in the cloud - the custom Web application."