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Posts Tagged cloud computing

Storing your stuff online is not cloud computing

I’ve noticed people have been saying things like “I am cloud computing because my mail is now on gmail ZOMG”. Storing your mails on the internets is not cloud computing, it’s just online storage. Uploading pics from your phone directly to the web is not cloud computing. Google docs is not cloud computing. Just storing [...]


What is Cloud Computing?

The term Cloud Computing is on the rise according to google trends. But what does it all mean? Just like “Web 2.0″ it’s an overloaded phrase with tons of connotations and many attempts at definition. While perusing a cloud blog by James Urquhart, I was inspired to try to define the term myself. So here’s [...]


Eucalyptus is an open source Amazon EC2 clone

Eucalyptus is an interesting new project out of UC Santa Barbara which aims to produce an EC2 compatible private cloud in your own data center. What I really love about this idea is that instead of reinventing the wheel, they’ve decided to be API-compatible with EC2. Not only does this make adoption easier for them, [...]


Infoworld names CohesiveFT in top 10 startups for 2008

It’s an exciting day for us here at CohesiveFT as Infoworld named us a Top 10 startup for 2008! It’s nice to be recognized for the hard work we continue to put in to make Elastic Server On Demand a highly valuable service. We’ve recently launched a customer forum at GetSatisfaction so please come and [...]