Slicing up the Cloud
Cloud Computing– it’s a relatively new term for a relatively old concept. For at least six months now I’ve been thinking about two inevitabilities: 1) that my servers will fail some day soon; and 2)...
View ArticleSmall slices of computing (Slicehost) require small MySQL and Apache
{Geeks off the starboard bow, matey, arrrrrr!} I’ve mentioned before that I’m bringing up web sites on Slicehost. It’s a cloud computing environment and that means I don’t know and don’t care exactly...
View ArticleNetbooks and the Fragility of the Internet
I am increasingly concerned about the fragility of the Internet. With our data living more and more in the cloud, we are vulnerable when networks fail. Without email, without the documents I’m writing...
View ArticleIdentity in the Age of Cloud Computing
JD Lasica has just published a report Identity in the Age of Cloud Computing, based on an Aspen Institute meeting in mid-2008. It is one of three such Aspen Institute reports he has written, and all...
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