Cloud Computing News: Week 27 July to 2 Aug 2009

Share |

This list is a summary of Cloud Computing news that I posted during the past week on Twitter:

- When a SaaS solution should or should not be considered Cloud? http://bit.ly/cj4mo (via @CloudExpo)

- RT @JohnTreadway EXCELLENT post by @ghaff on CloudCamp Boston + observations made there: http://bit.ly/19eZjd via @beaker

- #CloudComputing trend is growing - Innovators have to be quick to survive... by @jmkap http://bit.ly/2icmS (via @cloudbook)

- #CloudComputing Makes Servers Obsolete http://bit.ly/rdXFI (by @lmacvittie) #CloudViews
- Cloud Computing Use Cases #WhitePaper Published by @doug_tidwell http://bit.ly/HiNt5 (via @ruv)

- Federal IT spending to increase modestly thanks to cloud computing http://bit.ly/V38jp (via @cloudysaas)

- GSA released their Cloud Computing Request For Quotation (RFQ): http://bit.ly/UOrdN (via @Kevin_Jackson) #GovCloud

- Software Vendors Scooping Up SaaS Players http://bit.ly/xDxbP (via @workinthecloud)

- #CloudComputing #WhitePaper: Securing Applications in the Clouds http://bit.ly/SM6dV (by HP) #CloudViews

- Mythbusters of Cloud Computing http://bit.ly/yC8Fv (via @byron_cpa)

- The ‘Cloud’ Is NOT Outsourcing http://bit.ly/PyAh0 (via @PeterKretzman @charltonb) #CloudViews

- The real cost of cloud computing services http://bit.ly/17zWn7 (#CIO Tips) #CloudViews

- CIO News: Latest Cloud Computing trend: End users buying IT as a Service http://bit.ly/R1OqT (via @TTintheCloud)

- #CloudComputing: "neither private sector nor public sector really understands what cloud computing is all about"... http://bit.ly/4iWPF

- #CloudComputing brings developers to the people http://bit.ly/wBzWL (via @infoworld @NolioSoft)

- #Cloudcomputing, low or high appeal for banks? http://bit.ly/pOYFf (via @bslook) #CloudViews

- Brokering Cloud Computing as a Commodity http://bit.ly/gSFVv (via @CloudExpo)

- Cloud Governance: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed… http://bit.ly/7IgvE (via @CloudExpo)

- The 2009 Cloud Consensus Report - Federal cloud initiative & MeriTalk http://bit.ly/ZSIJP (via @CloudedAnalysis)

- #CloudComputing explained in 152 slides OSCON 09 http://bit.ly/peNcg (via @justinpirie @opteso) #CloudViews

- The Single Biggest Reason Public Clouds Will Dominate the Next Era of IT http://bit.ly/16QhpY (by @fgens IDC)

- #CloudComputing #WhitePaper: Introspective Security in Cloud Computing http://bit.ly/KvLEz (via @bslook @ruv) #CloudViews

- Bandwidth No Longer an Obstacle to Applications in the Cloud http://bit.ly/2zX2Xx (via @Kevin_Jackson) #CloudViews

- RT @Pointzeromedia: Call for speakers - #CloudComputing World Forum - 1/10/09, London - http://www.cloudwf.com/ - contact mark@pointzeromedia.com

- @Kevin_Jackson Tech Chair, 1st Annual Government IT Conference & Expo: http://bit.ly/a2hm4 #CloudViews #GovCloud

- The U.S. Government is Making the Move to the Cloud - Does Your Company Want To Get Involved? http://bit.ly/19xE70

- CIOZone has a brand-new, detailed take on Government 2.0: http://bit.ly/cHvQw @dhinchcliffe views: http://bit.ly/Z76O

- #WhitePaper: #CloudComputing for Healthcare & Life Sciences Data Warehousing http://bit.ly/TdqHr (via @recomdata) #CloudViews

- Is cloud computing right for enterprise? http://bit.ly/514Ow (via @cloudnetworking) #CloudViews

- PivotLink Eliminates the #Security Barriers to Cloud-Based Business Intelligence http://bit.ly/MCT3z (via @Kevin_Jackson)

- @Kevin_Jackson review of @MariaSpinola "Essential Guide..." http://bit.ly/yoR3i (via @ITKLCameron @cloudysaas)

- "Large percentage of Middle East firms adopts cloud computing" (PR) http://bit.ly/XVsaE

- #CloudComputing: The Cloud Its Benefits and Its Threats http://bit.ly/FWB2F (via @Rich_Bruklis)

- #CloudComputing: Federal agencies are pushing standards & definitions that help the business world http://bit.ly/CGzSn (via @Rich_Bruklis)

- #CloudComputing: Compliance Research Group Outlines Strategies for Stronger Risk Management http://bit.ly/3qPTST (via @Kevin_Jackson)

Thanks and please let me know how can I help you.
Maria Spínola
http://www.twitter.com/MariaSpinola