UC Berkeley researchers have outlined their view of cloud computing, which they say has great opportunity to exploit unprecedented IT resources if vendors can overcome a litany of obstacles.
The 11 researchers’ cloud computing forecast is documented in a paper called “Above the Clouds: A Berkeley View of Cloud Computing.” The research group works in the [...]
Twitter just announced that it has received another round of funding. According to TechCrunch, Twitter raised a total of $35 million in this round, which was led by Benchmark and Institutional Venture Partners. Altogether, Twitter has now raised a total of $55 million. According to Biz Stone, Twitter wasn’t actively courting new investments, as the [...]
While the vast majority of folks are still debating what is or is not “cloud computing”, “The Cloud Computing Interoperability Forum (CCIF) is currently discussing cloud portability specifications. By addressing the potential pitfalls associated with portability across cloud implements now rather than later, they are hoping that there won’t be as many problems when it [...]
GDrive (a service that would enable users to access their PCs from any Internet connection) - unconfirmed by Google and long rumored, may finally launch this year, with some tech news sites calling it the “most anticipated Google product so far.”The Google drive would shift away from Microsoft Window’s operating system, in favor of “cloud [...]
