An interesting case of the spin-machine against Cloud computing.

Amazon EC2 has not been hacked – nor has Linked-In | Cloud Pro.

BBC News – IBM commits $1.2bn to cloud data centre expansion.

Should you be scared of the cloud?

IT pro have produced a useful analysis report evaluating whether we should be fearful of cloud. They look at a range of factors from the impact on the mainframe to the state of the cloud market.

via Should you be scared of the cloud? | IT PRO.

Happy new year!

The guardian provides a useful summary of the current spat in Silicon Valley about whether last year was a lost year for technology – concluding that Cloud Computing was the key game-changer technology whose impact the media continues to downplay…

“Cloud computing is what turns the tablet and the smartphone into viable devices. And underpinning cloud computing and most of the shiny stuff we take for granted – from the web to Skype to Facebook to the iTunes Store to eBay to Amazon to Google – is the good ol internet, which was created in the 1960s and 70s with public money and no expectation of profit.”

via A lost year for new technology? Look beyond 2013s gadgets | Technology | The Observer.

For a number of years I have been researching the way CERN approaches the development of its globally distributed Grid computing systems as an innovative management and information systems challenge. During this I was videoed for a film by the ATLAS experiment. The film is now available on their website at : ATLAS Experiment. Click on the “Atlas Story” – I talk about 8 minutes in.

Survey finds that over a quarter of all IT services are now cloud-based

via Four in five firms now use cloud | Cloud Pro.

It was nice to see Max Cooter, Editor of Cloud Pro, mention our recent conversation on the “Cloud Corporation” book in his latest article.  I think he nails what we mean very well:

Everything changes… including Brighton | 2 | Cloud Pro.

 

I am to be a judge for the brand new “UK Cloud Awards” run by the cloud industry forum, Cloud Pro and techUK.  http://www.ukcloudawards.co.uk/