IBM rolls out new enterprise cloud services push IBM on Monday rolled out a new cloud-computing strategy aimed at large enterprises, formed around the notion of tying cloud services to specific IT tasks. IBM goes beyond just slapping 'cloud' label on old products IBM has re-tooled its cloud strategy in a way that should appeal to enterprises, analysts say. Identity gets lost in the cloud With everyone seemingly caught up in cloud computing, I was struck by this quote from a CNN story: Microsoft's "newest Internet software and applications project, Next Generation Windows Services (NGWS), aims to provide services to businesses such as records storage, billing, personalization, voice-to-text translation and other capabilities delivered via the Internet rather than by way of a local server." Sounds like cloud-based computing, doesn't it? The Case For and Against Private Clouds: Conclusion For the past few weeks I've been discussing private clouds-clouds devoted to a single entity. The very term private cloud is a bit loaded, in that some people feel that what one is really talking about is an internal cloud that is located in an organization's own data center. Others point out that a dedicated cloud can also be hosted by a hosting provider or an outsourcer; indeed, many hosting providers and outsourcers are scrambling to implement cloud environments, seeing public clouds as a threat that must be answered lest business slip away. June Giveaways Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training from Global Knowledge to two lucky readers and 15 copies each of books on IPv6 security, the Cisco Secure Firewall Services Module, and Active Directory Domain Services 2008. Deadline for entries June 30. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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