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What CIOs Need to Know about Cloud Computing
It is not too difficult to understand what public cloud is and why it is useful to have it. You outsource all the necessary computing and storage needs to somewhere else. On top of that, you pay only for what you use. And you use it as much as you want when you have a [...]
How to Cope with Dynamically Scaling SNS Applications—by Thuzi
Living in Silicon Valley is good. Within a 30-minute drive, I can go to many interesting meetings free or for a nominal charge. Speakers are topnotch, and many of them are movers and shakers in the technical fields that are shaping the market. Some regard social networking systems (SNS) as timewasters, but many others, like [...]
eBay’s Galaxy Project: Scalable Low PUE Data Center Design (Background and Business Drivers)
I have heard Dean Nelson talk several times in the past. When I first met him a few years ago, he was telling me he was so excited about what he was doing that he did not mind sleeping only a few hours. Once, he arrived five minutes before his speaking engagement and delivered a [...]
Some Basics of Cloud Computing in 10 Minutes
The recent Open Cloud Conference was a little different from other conferences on cloud computing. It was not big compared with other nationwide conferences, but it attracted a lot of technology geeks and practitioners of cloud computing. Most people were casually dressed (more relaxed than even standard Silicon Valley attire), and most of them were [...]
Open Source and Cloud
This week I attended the Open Cloud Conference at Silicon Valley Cloud Center in Sunnyvale. There were a lot of interesting sessions, and one was on the role of open source for cloud. As there was a debate during the conference on the relationship between open source cloud and open cloud, they are not exactly [...]
Researchers and marketers dont agree on future of nand flash SSD
Marketers particular those involved with anything resembling Solid State Devices (SSD) will tell you SSD is the future as will some researchers along with their fans and pundits. Some will tell you that the future only has room for SSD with the current flavor de jour being nand flash (both Single Level Cell aka SLC [...]
EMC VFCache respinning SSD and intelligent caching (Part II)
This is the second of a two part series pertaining to EMC VFCache, you can read the first part here. In this part of the series, lets look at some common questions along with comments and perspectives. Common questions, answers, comments and perspectives: Why would EMC not just go into the same market space and mode as [...]
EMC VFCache Respinning SSD and Intelligent Caching (Part I)
This is the first part of a two part series covering EMC VFCache, you can read the second part here. EMC formerly announced VFCache (aka Project Lightning) an IO accelerator product that comprises a PCIe nand flash card (aka Solid State Device or SSD) and intelligent cache management software. In addition EMC is also talking [...]
The General Trends of Cloud Computing (Cloud Connect 2012)
When you cover a conference like Cloud Connect 2012, it is sometimes overwhelming to see so many things and people in a matter of a few days. It is generally a good thing to collect or receive a large amount of information. The downside is that it is hard to digest it all and condense [...]
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