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Cloud computing: changing the way we work

Quoting an article in the ACM TechNews, Monday, April 20, 2009, bulletin: «Cloud computing has the potential to create irreversible changes in how computers are used around the world, says David Carrera, director of the Cloud Computing (CC) research team … Continue reading

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IBM, Amazon and Microsoft in the clouds

Quoting a ZDNet article: «If there were any lingering doubts about whether Amazon Web Services were enterprise ready they dissolved this week once IBM became a partner. And now that Amazon and IBM have teamed up a picture of multiple … Continue reading

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UC Berkeley lab defines cloud computing obstacles…

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. It’s interesting reading and the paper outlines 10 obstacles to cloud … Continue reading

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AMD plans supercomputer with 1,000 GPUs

Quoting a news article from CustomPC: «AMD’s president, Dirk Meyer, revealed the plans for the supercomputer, called the Fusion Render Cloud, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The colossal machine will be powered by AMD Phenom II processors and 790 … Continue reading

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