Cloud Backup and Recovery Journal

Granted it is winter in the northern hemisphere and thus snow storms should not be a surprise. However between December 2009 and early 2010, there has been plenty of record activity from in the U.K. (or here), to the U.S. east coast including New York, Boston and Washington DC, across the midwest and out to California, it made for a white christmas and SANta fun along with snow fun in general in the new year. 2010 Snow Storm via www.star-telegram.com What does this have to do with Information Factories aka IT resources including public or private clouds, facilities, server, storage, networking along with data management let alone tiering? What does this have to do with tiered snow removal, or even snow fun? Simple, different tools are needed for addressing various types... (more)

How to Choose a Cloud Computing Consultant

I published a link to my post "Choosing a SOA Consultant" in Ulitzer. Ulitzer is a "new media" site. The site provides a portal like page for every author. You can look at my page as an example. Each article's page includes related articles. For example "Choosing a SOA Consultant" page includes the article Anatomy of a Cloud Consultant - What Defines A "Cloud Expert?, written by Reuven Co... (more)

Down-to-Earth Contracts that Keep the Cloud Aloft

Cloud Computing on Ulitzer In this article, we take a look at the basic interoperability requirements when communicating with the Cloud, and in particular at techniques and standards used to express and enforce wire-level contracts between communicating parties, as these parties are increasingly also contracting parties in a Cloud environment. Many standards already developed for Web se... (more)

The Top 150 Players in Cloud Computing

Cloud Expo Early Bird Savings A robust ecosystem of solutions providers is emerging around cloud computing. Here, SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Journal expands its list of most active players in the fast-emerging Cloud Ecosystem, from the 'mere' 100 we identified back in January of this year, to half as many again - testimony, if any further were needed, to the fierce and continuing growth of... (more)

Yahoo! SVP Shelton Shugar to Discuss Innovation at Cloud Computing Expo

"Accelerating Innovation with Cloud Computing" will be the topic at hand when Shelton Shugar, SVP of Cloud Computing at Yahoo!, delivers his keynote at the 4th International Cloud Computing Expo in Santa Clara, CA. Shugar will deliver his speech on Tuesday, November 3 at at the Santa Clara Convention Center, before 2,000 preregistered delegates. Shelton Shugar, SVP of Cloud Computing at Y... (more)