Cloud Computing

Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations by Kevin L. Jackson

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an in-cloud API for voice communications that leverages existing web development skills, resources and infrastructure.

Learn basic Amazon SimpleDB (SDB) concepts and explore some of the functions provided by boto, an open source Python library for interacting with SDB. In this "Cloud computing with Amazon Web Services" series, learn about cloud computing using Amazon Web Services. Explore how the services provide a compelling alternative for architecting and building scalable, reliable applications. In this article, learn about the reliable and scalable messaging service provided by Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS).

Learn basic Amazon SimpleDB (SDB) concepts and explore some of the functions provided by boto, an open source Python library for interacting with SDB. In this "Cloud computing with Amazon Web Services" series, learn about cloud computing using Amazon Web Services. Explore how the services provide a compelling alternative for architecting and building scalable, reliable applications. In this article, learn some of the basic concepts and check out some of the functions provided by boto.

provides clients with access to development and production instances of IBM DB2, Informix Dynamic Server, WebSphere Portal Server, Lotus Web Content Management, WebSphere sMash and Novell's SUSE Linux operating system software in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)

ControlTier for fully automated provisioning

Automatic provisioning and deployment

Need a Linux cluster for an hour or two? Powua is a new cloud computing service that uses open source software to allow users to rent up to 64 CPUs for high-demand graphics rendering or scientific applications.

designed to provide an inexpensive, preconfigured environment for IT professionals to prototype solutions using their existing applications and includes technical components required to create a robust application delivery center in the cloud. Initially, lab users will have access to Citrix® XenApp™ alongside key Citrix C3 technologies such as Citrix Access Gateway™ and Citrix Repeater™ in the AWS cloud environment

GridGain - Open Cloud Platform, "disconnected" cloud.

Hybrid cloud or half-hearted kludge?

3Tera integrating Tap In Systems Partner for Cloud Computing Monitoring

3Tera, Tap In Systems Partner for Cloud Computing Monitoring

The emergence of the networked information economy is unleashing two powerful forces. On one hand, easy access to high-speed networks is empowering individuals. People can now discover and consume information resources and services globally from their homes. Further, new social computing approaches are inviting people to share in the creation and edification of information on the Internet. Empowerment of the individual-or consumerization-is reducing the individual's reliance on traditional brick-and-mortar institutions in favor of new and emerging virtual ones. Second, ubiquitous access to high-speed networks along with network standards, open standards and content, and techniques for virtualizing hardware, software, and services is making it possible to leverage scale economies in unprecedented ways. What appears to be emerging is industrial-scale computing-a standardized infrastructure for delivering computing power, network bandwidth, data storage and protection, and services. Consumerization and industrialization beg the question "Is this the end of the middle?"; that is, what will be the role of "enterprise" IT in the future? Indeed, the bigger question is what will become of all of our intermediating institutions? This volume examines the impact of IT on higher education and on the IT organization in higher education.

Yahoo! and Cloudera have worked together to produce a couple of training videos for Pig. There is Introduction to Pig, a 50 minute talk on Pig, including copious examples of writing Pig Latin scripts, an overview of how Pig works, and a discussion of the advantages of Pig versus other Hadoop interfaces

Pig Training Available Online Yahoo! and Cloudera have worked together to produce a couple of training videos for Pig. There is Introduction to Pig, a 50 minute talk on Pig, including copious examples of writing Pig Latin scripts, an overview of how Pig works, and a discussion of the advantages of Pig versus other Hadoop interfaces