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Monthly Archives: March 2009

Jack Bauer says the Cloud is ready for the Enterprise – sort of

March 31, 2009 – 11:47 pm

More evidence that the Cloud is not only ready for the enterprise, but is already being used. From GigaOm (emphasis mine): “I spoke with founding member Paul Kurtz, partner at Good Harbor Consulting, to get some details on the news — and I was a little surprised by what he had to say. While questions [...]

By Ed Laczynski | Posted in cloud | Comments (0)

Cloud Jargon Watch: Cloudbursting

March 31, 2009 – 8:24 am

Cloudburst: From the Vocabulary of Cloud Computing: The dynamic deployment of a software application that runs on internal organizational compute resources to a public cloud to address a spike in demand. A Google search reveals some of the history of the term.  It was coined by Jeff Barr from Amazon Web Services, and then developed [...]

By Ed Laczynski | Posted in amazon, cloud | Comments (0)

The Cloud: Pure “e”

March 30, 2009 – 10:51 pm

“You want bleeding-edge mission-critical cross platform robust scalable architectures?  Well, duh. That’s what everybody wants.  What you want is “e.” Pure e.” I lived through the dotcom bust – I was a fresh faced developer just starting to get my stride.   I was in the office with too many Aeron chairs in a hip loft with [...]

By Ed Laczynski | Posted in amazon, cloud, google apps | Comments (0)
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