Archives for March, 2009
by Daryl Plummer | March 30, 2009 | 3 Comments
Today the Open Cloud Manifesto is supposed to be published and it has a laudable set of goals, not least of which is the idea that the cloud should be an open and interoperable environment. I have limited information at this point. I applaud the effort to move in this direction but I have to [...]
Category: Cloud Emerging Phenomena Emerging Trends Service Orientation Tags: Amazon, Cloud computing, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Infrastrucutre, Cloud Manifesto, Enomaly, Google, IBM, Open, Open Cloud, Open Cloud Manifesto, Standards, Virtualization
by Daryl Plummer | March 11, 2009 | 13 Comments
Ever had a mobile phone and get a bill that was way, way more than you expected? You know what I mean. The day that bill for 700 dollars comes in and your eyes bug out of your head because you could swear (and in fact you do swear – at the customer service rep) [...]
Category: Cloud Emerging Phenomena Emerging Trends Service Orientation Uncategorized Tags: Cloud, Cloud Price, Elasticity, Hosting, IT, Mobile phone, Pay per use
by Daryl Plummer | March 3, 2009 | 3 Comments
I state up front that I am not a primary telecommunications analyst – but I have friends who are (give me or Bob Hafner a call to discuss). But, in the last 6 months, I think I have either met with, or spoken with every major telecom provider in the world. They all have the [...]
Category: Cloud Emerging Phenomena Emerging Trends Service Orientation Uncategorized Tags: Billing, Cloud, Inrastructure, private cloud, Telecom enabled, Telecommunications
