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    1. The Business Aspects of Cloud: Let's Get Started

      Explore SOA World Magazine (23 hours, 32 min ago) Cloud Computing

      The Business Aspects of Cloud: Let's Get Started

      I’ve spent the last several weeks addressing some of the business aspects of cloud and why/how companies move to the cloud. It’s time now to wrap this series up. The cloud discussions have been changing rapidly over the last months, focusing away from infrastructure to applications, services and industry requirements.

      Implementations in larger companies typically started with development & test activities within the IT department, while business teams used “shadow-IT” approaches to source services from external parties, potentially putting the enterprise at risk. [Disclosure: HP is a sponsor of BriefingsDirect podcasts.]

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    2. Is Cloud Computing a Green Giant?

      Explore SOA World Magazine (May 25 2012) Construction , Cloud Computing

      Is Cloud Computing a Green Giant?

      Cloud computing already has trimmed some businesses' IT costs. But a report found that it also could be the next big thing to help reduce their energy use, according to greenbiz.com The fourth annual Energy Efficient IT Report - by technology products and services seller CDW - calls cloud computing a possible "game changer" that's playing a growing role in energy efficiency. For the report, CDW surveyed 760 people working in private businesses, nonprofits, schools and governments. Of these respondents, 62 percent agreed that cloud computing is an energy-efficient way to consolidate data centers.

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      Mentions:   CSC

    3. Cloud Computing: Nvidia Claims Cloud GPU

      Explore SOA World Magazine (May 18 2012) Construction , Cloud Computing

      Cloud Computing: Nvidia Claims Cloud GPU It says its "ultra-fast streaming display capability eliminates lag, making a remote data center feel like it's just next door. And its extreme energy efficiency and processing density lowers data center costs." It figures up to 100 users can be serviced ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cisco   Nvidia   IBM

    4. Cloud Expo Keynote: The Era of Open Clouds Is Upon Us

      Explore SOA World Magazine (May 10 2012) Cloud Computing

      Cloud Expo Keynote: The Era of Open Clouds Is Upon Us

      Last year, cloud computing pundits predicted that 2012 would be the year when the clouds would open. They were right as cloud computing enthusiasts all over are embracing the open ecosystem; however, denying one vendor the right to serve as the de facto API is only the tip of the iceberg of this computing climate change.

      In his Day 3 Keynote at the 10th International Cloud Expo, John Engates, CTO of Rackspace, will discuss the open ecosystem and how, ultimately, winning cloud technologies will be based on the ecosystem they represent.

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      Mentions:   Europe   University of Texas   Rackspace

    5. Disruptive Technology from the Desktop to the Data Center

      Explore SOA World Magazine (Jan 27 2012) Construction , Solar , Cloud Computing

      Disruptive Technology from the Desktop to the Data Center According to Wikipedia, a disruptive technology or disruptive innovation is an innovation that helps create a new market and value network, and eventually goes on to disrupt an existing market and value network (over a few years or decades), displacing an earlier technology. The term is used in business and technology literature to describe innovations that improve a product or service in ways that the market does not expect, typically first by designing for a different set of consumers in the new market and later by lowering prices in the existing market. Virtualization and software design have been the main drivers in the development of disruptive innovations in hardware. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   LEED

    6. Cloud on Your Terms: A Lot of Water in a Data Center

      Explore SOA World Magazine (Dec 6 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

      Cloud on Your Terms: A Lot of Water in a Data Center Check out this Blog entry about the data center from http://www.greenm3.com/ Green Data Center Blog. We use chilled water to provide the air conditioning or cooling. To chill water, you have evaporate water into the air to cool the water. This could take ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cisco

    7. Case Study: T-Mobile's Massive Data Center Transformation Journey

      Explore SOA World Magazine (Jul 7 2011)

      Case Study: T-Mobile's Massive Data Center Transformation Journey This enterprise case study discussion focuses on an award-winning applications migration and transformation -- and a grand-scale data center transition, too -- for T-Mobile . I was really impressed with the scope and size -- and the amount of time ... (Read Full Article)

    8. Specialty Cloud and the Rise of the Green Data Center

      Explore SOA World Magazine (Jun 28 2011) Cloud Computing , Networking

      Specialty Cloud and the Rise of the Green Data Center Last week I had a brief meeting with Yoram Heller of hot cloud player Morphlabs and we talked about the next wave of cloud innovations. Of particular interest was the concept of specialized software suites that ride on top of the commoditized cloud platforms that have so far captured most of the popular interest in cloud computing. It is possible, if indeed likely, that most forms of dedicated hardware or appliances in the network will be replaced by powerful instances, workloads and or/ boutique platforms that transcend the physical and technical boundaries that have been in place since the rise of the enterprise network. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cisco   Juniper Networks

    9. Data Centers: The Next Wave of IT Innovation

      Explore SOA World Magazine (Jun 14 2011) Power and Cooling , Emissions , Cloud Computing

      Data Centers: The Next Wave of IT Innovation The data center is the factory of the new cloud economy and is a major inflection point for enterprise profitability. Those who deliver the most apps, services, etc. per kilowatt/hour have a competitive advantage. And with data centers accounting for close to 1.5% of electricity consumption in the U.S., increasing energy efficiency in the data center is becoming a strategic business and community imperative.Cooling is the other major area where energy savings are being achieved. Where geography and climate permit, data center owners and operators are taking advantage of free cooling via airside and water side economization. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   Juniper Networks   DuPont Fabros Technology

    10. Cloud Computing: Charting the Future of Small Data Centers

      Explore SOA World Magazine (Feb 26 2011) Cloud Computing

      Cloud Computing: Charting the Future of Small Data Centers Every week a new data center hits the news with claims of greater than 100,000 ... best practices from the public and private sector to: Promote the use of Green IT by reducing the overall energy and real estate footprint of government data centers; Reduce ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Uptime Institute   NSA

    11. Virtualization Enables Non-Profit Earth Rangers to Green Its Data Center

      Explore SOA World Magazine (Aug 31 2010) Fossil Fuel , Cloud Computing , Servers

      Virtualization Enables Non-Profit Earth Rangers to Green Its Data Center Earth Rangers is focused on working with children to help protect biodiversity. Our long-term goal is to partner with them to protect enough natural habitats to ensure the lasting survival of all species in Canada, where we are based. We take our mission to "Bring Back the Wild" seriously and run our organization with conservation and "green" values in mind. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   LEED

    12. Cloud-Oriented Switch Start-up Valued at $230M

      Explore SOA World Magazine (Sep 11 2009) Cloud Computing

      Cloud-Oriented Switch Start-up Valued at $230M Like any pleased-with-herself three-and-a-half-year-old showing off her lace panties, start-up switch house Blade Network Technologies was flaunting its heady $230 million valuation Wednesday after closing a $10 million B round. The largely ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cisco   Verari Systems   IBM

    13. A Multi-Core Optimized Software Appliance

      Explore SOA World Magazine (Jun 10 2009) Cloud Computing

      In the enterprise IT environment today, modern middleware technologies make it easier to expose existing or new business applications as sets of services. However, with the mashup of cloud-based services and enterprise data center services, the ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Intel   IBM