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Oct 7, 2008

Network-Attached Memory: Virtualization for Java Environments

Network-attached memory is analogous to network-attached storage (NAS) in that it provides a service to thousands of connected clients transparently. As NAS is transparent underneath the file system, network-attached memory is transparent underneath the Java language. But in Terracotta’s network-attached memory pool, everything can be massively scaled out. Read more...

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Oracle Shifts Grid Focus to the Application

Oracle's newest candidate to solve some of IT Nation's biggest problems has now officially hit the campaign trail, and its name is WebLogic Application Grid. This new assemblage of software is meant to put grid capabilities at the foundation of an organization's computing operations by pooling IT resources and allocating them to workloads as needed. But this is one solution Oracle is not labeling "cloud computing."
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Cloud Computing and the Financial Crisis

A somewhat neglected aspect of the current financial crisis is the huge spike in trading volumes in recent days. In some cases, they have raised to more than double the average of the months (and years) that preceded the crisis. Systems, of course, don't care if stocks are going up or down; they just need to handle the transactions. Cloud computing can help ensure they meet this task.
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Wall Street IT Gets the Message: More Speed, Fewer Dollars

Do more with less and do it faster. That’s a pretty familiar order to anybody running an IT operation these days. At the High Performance on Wall Street conference, hundreds of financial services IT practitioners came looking to find ways to meet the demands of business that moves at the speed of microseconds.
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Banks and Outsourcing: Just Say 'Latency'

A common critique of external cloud computing services is that big-time IT users, like major corporations and financial institutions, are nowhere near getting on board. That might be true for the new breed of "cloud" services, but for the financial services sector, at least, outsourcing is far from a dirty word.
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Managing Servers in the Cloud

10/7/08 | ServerWatch | Managing server loads is a complex endeavor in any environment, and even more so when virtualization and cloud computing comes into play. Read more...

Q&A: Jonathan Bryce, Mosso

10/7/08 | Web Host Industry News | Mosso co-founder Jonathan Bryce discusses how Mosso's Hosting Cloud is helping YouDecide2008.com, a political blog and website, handle tremendous time-sensitive and election-related spikes in traffic. Read more...

Virtualisation Set to Drive SaaS Adoption

10/7/08 | vnunet | Three-quarters of organisations believe that server virtualisation will drive adoption of software-as-a-service (SaaS), according to new research released today by web hosting firm Hostway. Read more...

Peering Behind the Cloud

10/6/08 | Computerworld | If cloud computing will be mainstream in 2-5 years, as predicted by Gartner analysts, now may be a good time to try it out. Read more...

Verari Noses HP, IBM with Third Gen Blades

10/6/08 | The Register | Verari Systems has just updated its blade boxes to have a stronger appeal to enterprise customers. Read more...

Embracing a New Virtual Reality

10/6/08 | The Sunday Business Post | The significance of virtualisation has enabled companies to work more effectively, while also saving money. Read more...

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The Essence of 'On-Demand'
SaaS: Is It Really Cloud Computing?
Here are some quick thoughts on a couple of yesterday's cloud computing announcements. What these show us are two distinct trends: (1) cloud computing is becoming increasingly viable; and (2) the word "cloud" to describe SaaS is creeping dangerously close to lethal levels.
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