By 2020, the data and applications that most people use will be housed in the cloud rather than on PCs, according to a survey of around 900 technology experts and observers, sponsored by the Pew Research Center. 71 percent of these experts predict we’ll be working primarily through web-based and mobile apps, such as Facebook and [...] [...more]
Google is planning to deploy its own experimental fiber-optic network to at least 50,000 homes to deliver speeds of 1 gigabit-per-second, which is more than 20 times faster than residential fiber optic services offered today in the U.S. The City Council of Dalles, a small town in Oregon, voted Monday to accept a $100,000 grant from [...] [...more]
Sometimes it’s necessary to take a break from working and play a game on your computer. If your employer doesn’t allow installing apps on the desktop, there are plenty of browser-based games. Here is one that will keep you entertained after hours of hard work: Power Soccer gives players live control of a soccer team in real-time [...] [...more]
Apple’s acquisition of streaming music service Lala will probably result in a cloud-based iTunes service, with a digital music executive suggesting purchased content will be available from any browser or Internet-connected device. In a guest column on TechCrunch, Michael Robertson, a 12-year veteran of the digital music business, former CEO of MP3. com and current CEO [...] [...more]
The Guardian Newspaper in the UK has published its annual list of 100 essential websites. Twitter, and the hundreds of attendant sites and services that have sprung up to allow users to get the best of it, feature prominently. Online video has also come of age, with services like BBC iPlayer in the UK and [...] [...more]
In the 1950s IBM was at the forefront of business intelligence, so it is only fitting that they are now leaders in the business analytics world. They recently acquired two data analytics companies SPCC and Redbill plus have introduced a new internal cloud-based analytics product. With this new product they are offering a companion product [...] [...more]
Even the big guys are riding the Cloud. Dell announced last week it will make a commitment to cut $200 billion dollars in IT spending annually, largely by virtualizing servers. The U.S. Navy also saved $1 million this year by virtualizing a percentage of their servers. Small and mid-sized companies may not have expenditures of [...] [...more]
This is an interesting article on Cloud terminology. I don’t understand why everybody makes The Cloud so complicated. People talk about how they have written the ‘Cloud Codex’ and briefly describe what is required to be called a Cloud Service, but that really isn’t the point. The ‘Cloud’ term comes from computer network diagrams, and [...] [...more]
Came across this article about emerging game technologies based on the cloud. This is an innovative and great use of cloud computing. Gamers are extremely picky consumers and are always looking for the best gaming experience possible. Their high technical requirements will necessitate the continued innovation and development of The Cloud and more efficient methods [...] [...more]
Implementation of Cloud Computing provides many benefits to a business, for example, cost reduction, flexibility, and scalability. Many IT professionals, though, find it difficult to convince their decision makers to do so. As we can see from this article there are various factors that they have to face in conveying its advantages. What is interesting [...] [...more]
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