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- cmallinson, on 06/24/2009, -1/+8Sorry, not true, cloud computing is much more than running on a virtual machine. It's running on a (sometimes massive) virtual cluster, where the amount of RAM and CPUs can be variable, and theoretically limitless, yet still acts as one machine, avoiding the pitfalls of clustering.
- boomybx, on 06/23/2009, -0/+6It's more like "The web developer's guide to cloud hosting".
- jimdidr, on 06/24/2009, -0/+4He reads digg in his hot tub filled with money duh....
- jimdidr, on 06/23/2009, -0/+3Have you not heard, Recycling is all the rage... Also some guy named Tom or something will attack you if you replace his server... Think i saw that in some microsoft Press video.
- nepidae, on 06/23/2009, -0/+3You say that like its a bad thing.
- Type1, on 06/23/2009, -0/+2What do you do now?
- Moralogic, on 06/23/2009, -0/+2write articles for techradar.com
j/k - stockjones, on 06/24/2009, -0/+2This stuff annoys me. Oooh "the cloud". First of all that article mashes a couple things into a confusing description of cloud computing. First of all lets get this straight. Essentially cloud computing is another acronym for hosted apps, remote web services or just plain old remote hosting. The differences today is that a lot of this remote hosting or remote app stuff runs using server virtualization. This makes it super cheap and easy to run hundreds of servers, cluster etc.
Server virtualization is very cool, but its has nothing to do specifically with cloud computing. Its just that a lot of this remote hosted stuff now runs on virtual servers which helps bring down costs because you can run hundreds of "virtual" servers on one physical machine. In the old days if a company wanted to host apps they would need far more physical hardware to do it. Thats not the case with virtualization. Plus virtualization makes restores a breeze.
The thing thats revolutionary isnt so much cloud computing, but server virtualization. - TheDoublecross, on 06/23/2009, -3/+4I love internet "development" catchphrases, they are so new and original and I can never get enough of them.
/sarcasm - CleoQKazoo, on 07/05/2009, -0/+1how php is used for such a simple website? it is pretty slow
- Beatmiser, on 06/23/2009, -2/+3The biggest problem I have right now with cloud computing is a lack of a single entry point. Between photos/music/business software and social networking I'd like to see an all in one solution take hold and aggregate these into an easy to use portal.
- deadguysleeps, on 06/24/2009, -1/+2dugg for :
"You can take a snapshot of your data at any time you like and, because you can buy as much storage space as your requirements dictate" - ErikSebesta, on 11/10/2009, -0/+1Cloud Technology Partners has analyzed the cloud computing leaders at http://cloudtp.com/cloud-computing-companies/cloud ...
We also provide a link to the Gartner Cloud Provider Magic Quadrant.
See also, our lists of cloud computing benefits and success stories at:
http://cloudtp.com/cloud-computing/cloud-computing ...
http://cloudtp.com/cloud-computing/cloud-computing ...
Hope these are helpful.
Cheers,
--Erik Sebesta
cloudTP.com - dyanacek, on 06/24/2009, -0/+1This is totally true. I made my sister a small website to help her promote her trumpet playing skills. Frustrated with the slowness of regular web hosting, I incorporated amazon's edge caching web service for hosting her site's images and sound clips. It sped up her site by a LOT, I had it set up in like half an hour, and costs me a whole 7 cents a month. If you want to see it in action, her site is www.erinyanacek.com . The service is so seamless, you probably won't be able to tell that I'm using it.
- inactive, on 06/24/2009, -2/+3how is logging to gmail any different than logging on to hotmail nearly 15 years ago
- inactive, on 06/24/2009, -0/+1pre-pharmacy student, and I play CSS, TF2 and HL2:DM.
- inactive, on 06/24/2009, -0/+1I like the idea of distributed possessing over the web.
online virtual drives are great but I do not like the idea of hosting all of my important files on them, or relying on online programs to work in.
what if you can't get online?
what if a hacker figures out how to shut down the site you need to use?
I also have this little paranoid idea that someone already knows how to shut down the internet and they are just waiting for everyone to become so completely dependent on the web before they execute that command and they become king of the world.
but that's crazy talk.
- inactive, on 06/23/2009, -2/+2Just watch out for lightning....
- bayu2298, on 07/04/2009, -0/+0one benefit of cloud computing than real server, you can use more resources of cpu's or memory when the other's are not using it in a several time, i mean with a cheaper price you can get more, so it's better than shared hosting but not too far from real server, of course depending on the spec of cloud computing and the spec of the real server where the cloud computing takes place, cmiiw.
- dayal911, on 06/24/2009, -1/+1I like how the article talks about the use of virtualization. If you read any 'blogs' on cloud computing, most of them only talk about stupid tools for web services, but nothing else. There's more to cloud computing than just web services.
- falser, on 06/24/2009, -2/+1In the olden times we called it virtual computing.
- yaosio, on 06/24/2009, -3/+1The real web designers guide to cloud hosting: "WHY WON'T THIS WORK I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE OLD WAY WHAT YOU MEAN IT ONLY WORKS IN IE THAT'S THE ONLY BROWSER ANYBODY USES"
- tama00, on 06/24/2009, -5/+2I hate techradar.
- jimdidr, on 06/23/2009, -4/+1I can't read (this), get me the big black guy with the glasses too rap this to me.
- cubicledrone, on 06/24/2009, -6/+2"Cloud computing" is techno-babble hype-speak brand-marketing conference room Powerpoint slide rectangle-head *****.
The architecture of network computing at the moment is client-server. That is an ACCURATE description of the network. "Cloud computing" is just like Web 3.0: it's a meaningless brand name designed to sell *****.
This is why people need to learn programming. When you understand how something works, you don't call it by meaningless names. Learn to program in C. Write linked lists. Learn to do bitwise operations in assembly language. Talk directly to the processor. Then the "Cloud 3.0" ***** won't be so ***** important. - TaintBrush, on 06/24/2009, -6/+2I'm sick of the term "cloud." It's ***** dumb.
- inactive, on 06/23/2009, -10/+5As a previous web developer and designer, this article is well written for what it's worth.
I can't wait to see what comes out in the future of cloud computing. - judicar, on 06/23/2009, -8/+3>Cloud computing runs on virtual servers. Rather than being a single physical box, a virtual server runs as part of a physical box.
Cloud computing is just a new term that repackages and resells technology that's been around since the stone age.
Viagra for clueless tech writers.
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