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Cloud Cover TV covers the latest, juiciest and most critical news in the cloud computing market every week. Archive
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The SearchCloudComputing.com Advisory Board is populated by top IT personnel, all of whom have a comprehensive knowledge of cloud computing. Advisory Board
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Back editions: Cloudy with a chance of...
The staff at SearchCloudComputing.com share their weekly opinions on the latest cloud computing news and updates. Archive
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The Daily Cloud repository for September
The September archives of The Daily Cloud feature Amazon cutting prices on its cloud computing services and Rackspace producing an add-on for Windows developers. Archive
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The Daily Cloud repository for August
August's editions include Amazon.com's surprising cloud computing earnings, RightScale's outstanding customer growth and a new app store from GoGrid. Archive
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The Daily Cloud repository for July
July's editions include Fujitsu's large investment in the cloud, Eucalyptus scoring new funding and VMware releasing vSphere 4.1. Archive
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The Daily Cloud repository for June
June's editions of The Daily Cloud include Microsoft's email agreement with the state of Kentucky, Google's new cloud calculator and HP's $1 billion cloud computing shift. Archive
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The Daily Cloud repository for May
May's editions of The Daily Cloud include Symantec's new hosted security service, IDC's private cloud predictions and Amazon's Virtual Private Cloud in Europe. Archive
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The Daily Cloud repository for April
The April archives of The Daily Cloud feature Microsoft predicting a cloud computing victory over Google and cloud providers developing for the Apple iPad. Archive
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The Daily Cloud repository for March
The March archives of The Daily Cloud feature Steve Ballmer's pro-cloud proclamation, IBM's release of another cloud service and cloud security updates from the RSA Conference. Archive
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Cloud Infrastructure as a Service worth the higher costs, experts say
Cloud Infrastructure as a Service may be more expensive than an in-house data centre infrastructure, but industry players agree that the advantages of freeing up an IT department's time outweigh the larger bill. Article | 24 Sep 2009
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SPI model (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS)
SPI is an acronym for the most common cloud computing service models, Software as a Service, Platform as a Service and Infrastructure as a Service. Definition
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Windows Azure Fabric Controller (FC)
The Azure Fabric Controller (FC) is the part of the Windows Azure platform that monitors and manages virtual and physical servers and coordinates resources for software applications. Definition
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cloud cartography
Cloud cartography is a scheme for pinpointing the physical locations of Web servers hosted on a third-party cloud computing service. The goal of cloud cartography is to map the service provider's infrastructure in order to identify where a particular... Definition
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CloudAV
CloudAV is a program that combines multiple antivirus applications and scans user files over a network of servers. The program was developed at the University of Michigan. Definition
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XaaS (anything as a service)
XaaS is a collective term that stands for a number of things including X as a service, anything as a service or everything as a service. The acronym refers to any of an increasing number of services provided over the Internet that have been tradition... Definition
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Hadoop
Hadoop is a free, Java-based programming framework that supports the processing of large data sets in a distributed computing environment. It is part of the Apache project sponsored by the Apache Software Foundation. Definition
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Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
The Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is a scalable, high-speed, low-cost Web-based service designed for online backup and archiving of data and application programs... (Continued) Definition
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Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
The Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a Web-based service that allows business subscribers to run application programs in the Amazon.com computing environment... (Continued) Definition
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hybrid cloud
A hybrid cloud is a cloud computing environment in which an organization provides and manages some resources in-house and has others provided externally. For example, an organization might use a public cloud service, such as Amazon Simple Storage Ser... Definition
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Apache ZooKeeper
Apache ZooKeeper is an open source file application program interface (API) that allows distributed processes in large systems to synchronize with each other so that all clients making requests receive consistent data. Definition
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SPI model (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS)
SPI is an acronym for the most common cloud computing service models, Software as a Service, Platform as a Service and Infrastructure as a Service. Definition
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Windows Azure Fabric Controller (FC)
The Azure Fabric Controller (FC) is the part of the Windows Azure platform that monitors and manages virtual and physical servers and coordinates resources for software applications. Definition
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Cloud Cover TV Archive
Cloud Cover TV covers the latest, juiciest and most critical news in the cloud computing market every week. Archive
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SearchCloudComputing.com Advisory Board
The SearchCloudComputing.com Advisory Board is populated by top IT personnel, all of whom have a comprehensive knowledge of cloud computing. Advisory Board
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cloud cartography
Cloud cartography is a scheme for pinpointing the physical locations of Web servers hosted on a third-party cloud computing service. The goal of cloud cartography is to map the service provider's infrastructure in order to identify where a particular... Definition
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Back editions: Cloudy with a chance of...
The staff at SearchCloudComputing.com share their weekly opinions on the latest cloud computing news and updates. Archive
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The Daily Cloud repository for September
The September archives of The Daily Cloud feature Amazon cutting prices on its cloud computing services and Rackspace producing an add-on for Windows developers. Archive
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CloudAV
CloudAV is a program that combines multiple antivirus applications and scans user files over a network of servers. The program was developed at the University of Michigan. Definition
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XaaS (anything as a service)
XaaS is a collective term that stands for a number of things including X as a service, anything as a service or everything as a service. The acronym refers to any of an increasing number of services provided over the Internet that have been tradition... Definition
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Hadoop
Hadoop is a free, Java-based programming framework that supports the processing of large data sets in a distributed computing environment. It is part of the Apache project sponsored by the Apache Software Foundation. Definition
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