Microsoft eBook about Cloud Computing

Hi.
About two days ago, one of my best friends, Amin Gholami, suggested me a link from Microsoft e-Book Center which was referring to an e-Book of Cloud Computing.
I read and found it interesting. It's about basics of C2 and what Microsoft has described it.
Its Contents are :
  - An Industry Shift Toward Cloud Computing
  - Cloud Computing Basics
  - Emerging Industry Terminology
  - Is Cloud Computing Right For My Business
  - Core Issues To Consider
  - The Unique Microsoft Approach To Cloud Computing
  - Conclusion

2 key points which caught my eyes the most in the article are :

  - Cost Savings of C2 depends on how we manage it, also it may add more costs to our business.

  - One of the Concerns about C2 is the security, because sometimes we are sending information to a third party.

https://www.microsoft.com/business/mycenter/library/cloud-computing.aspx

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What are Gartner predictions for IT ?

Gartner, Inc. has highlighted the key predictions that herald long-term changes in approach for IT organizations and the people they serve for 2010 and beyond. Gartner's top predictions for 2010 showcase the trends and events that will change the nature of business today and beyond.
The Research indicates that 20 percent of businesses will dump all assets of IT.
By the shift of companies toward Cloud Computing and its services, there should be a great decrease in the need of staffs and also great hardware which lead to shrinkage of costs.
But it's not just Cloud Computing that is driving a movement toward "decrease IT hardware assets". Also Virtualization and employees using personal desktops and laptops reduce the need for company-owned hardware.
The report doesn't say exactly how a world in which 20 percent of IT organizations own no hardware will be able to deal with rapidly growing data storage needs. IDC has found that the amount of digital information created and replicated worldwide is growing at 60 percent each year, so presumably cloud-based storage services will help the IT world cope with this problem.

And a few more of key predictions by Gartner, Inc :

- The leader of Social Networking will be Facebook by 2012.

- By 2014, most IT business cases will include carbon remediation costs.

- In 2012, 60 percent of a new PC's total life greenhouse gas emissions will have occurred before the user first turns the machine on.

- By 2015, more than $250 billion will be spending Worldwide in Internet Marketing.

- Mobile Phones will overtake PCs as the most common Web Access device in 2013.

* At all, I think the shrinkage in the costs is the greatest benefit of Cloud Computing. Because, therefore we can divide the remained budget in more programs. Or also it could be used for public works or advertising. Wherever we use the remained budget, is better than spending it for storage or the salary of overplus employees.

What do YOU think ?

Future of Cloud Computing in 2010

Hi.
I was thinking that how long would Cloud Computing go. What do You think? As I'm surfing webs and reading news about all over the world, mostly America and Europe and also East Asian countries such as Japan or Korea, are working more on C2.
Even in Iran it has became kind of a concern to start Cloud Computing as what I'm trying to know how.
Here I mention some of my predictions and my researches in the Web about Cloud computing in the new year, 2010 .

1. Next Generation Cloud Applications Emerge: 
Well,as I know, SaaS (Software as a Service) is aged about 10 years and the applications were built in the static web tend to have a stilted user experience. But new applications will be more interactive and more user-friendly.Also there maybe be offline Cloud Applications as what Google has mentioned about Chrome, that there will be offline OS after 1st results and releases. New applications will use true and real elasticity which many Saas Apps. still cannot offer.

2. Business Applications Get Social:
It's all ready happening that the major technologies of the year - Cloud Computing and Social Media - are getting the World Business in their hands. I can mention some great companies such as Salesforce and the Oracle CRM which are became more social. Also with the expanded coverage of Facebook,Twitter,Digg and etc. advertising and commercials are getting more social and in touch.

3. More Standards for Cloud Computing:
Two days ago I read about it in InfoWorld that Vint Cerf one of the desigers of TCP/IP protocols, emphasize on the need of some standards for Data Portability in the Cloud. As he said, for example in transfering data form Cloud A to Cloud B, there should be some standards that specify the format of Data and how the transfer should be processed.

4. What do you think ? :D 

C2 1st Lunch !!!

mmm...
Well...Today me and my best friend Sadegh Jebelli,also my co-presenter in Cloud Computing,gathered in lunch and made a discussion about our project...
We decided to distribute and use cloud Computing in VSAT technology.

As Mr.Jebelli Mentioned in his IT-Cloud blog , VSAT a is kind of tiny terminal with lots of uses such as what is used in Banking Connections.
For more please take a look at his blog.
www.IT-CLOUD.blogspot.com

ThanX a lot.

How Cloud Computing Works

Let's say you're an executive at a large corporation. Your particular responsibilities include making sure that all of your employees have the right hardware and software they need to do their jobs. Buying computers for everyone isn't enough -- you also have to purchase software or software licenses to give employees the tools they require. Whenever you have a new hire, you have to buy more software or make sure your current software license allows another user. It's so stressful that you find it difficult to go to sleep on your huge pile of money every night.

 A typical cloud computing system­

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What Cloud Computing Lets You . . .

- Tap into supercomputing power from large
groups of networked servers via the Web.

- Pay for space and storage on an as-needed basis.

- Build and host applications in a secure
environment.

- Stop relying on desktop PCs for networking and
complex data processing and analysis.

- Increase network availability and security while
reducing total cost of ownership.

- Reduce barriers to exit and interoperability with
open source software, open standard and open
systems.


Plus, an Open Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) interface allows the exposure of loosely coupled services, making accessing and integrating with the cloud a seamless operation as an extension of your applications and IT infrastructure.

What cloud computing really means . . .

Cloud computing is all the rage. "It's become the phrase du jour," says Gartner senior analyst Ben Pring, echoing many of his peers. The problem is that (as with Web 2.0) everyone seems to have a different definition.

As a metaphor for the Internet, "the cloud" is a familiar cliché, but when combined with "computing," the meaning gets bigger and fuzzier. Some analysts and vendors define cloud computing narrowly as an updated version of utility computing: basically virtual servers available over the Internet. Others go very broad, arguing anything you consume outside the firewall is "in the cloud," including conventional outsourcing.

Cloud computing comes into focus only when you think about what IT always needs: a way to increase capacity or add capabilities on the fly without investing in new infrastructure, training new personnel, or licensing new software. Cloud computing encompasses any subscription-based or pay-per-use service that, in real time over the Internet, extends IT's existing capabilities.

Cloud computing is at an early stage, with a motley crew of providers large and small delivering a slew of cloud-based services, from full-blown applications to storage services to spam filtering. Yes, utility-style infrastructure providers are part of the mix, but so are SaaS (software as a service) providers such as Salesforce.com. Today, for the most part, IT must plug into cloud-based services individually, but cloud computing aggregators and integrators are already emerging.

WheneveR talked to dozens of vendors, analysts, and IT customers to tease out the various components of cloud computing. Based on those discussions, here's a rough breakdown of what cloud computing is all about: ...

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A weblog for IT...

Hi everybody...
I started this weblog in order of publishing new posts about Information Technology and more specified about Cloud Computing .
Also I will try to mention new Technologies,product or gadgets and etc .
But as I said the goal is IT and Cloud Computing ...
I hope YOU will join and help me to improve the work by your useful comments.

Thanks a lot.