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Everywhere I look, I see clouds and virtualization mentioned together. They seem to be the peanut butter and jelly of the technology world. Certainly, clouds and virtualization taste good together, but surely we can separate them, right? Can you build... Filed under: Agile IT, Agile IT operating model, hypervisor, everything as a service, Uncategorized, Cloud Myths Series, bare metal cloud, cloud computing, cloud operating model, Cloud, IaaS, Agility Platform, Virtualization -
Have you been following the news about Megaupload? Do you know what it is, and even if you do, would you admit it? You see, it is/was one of the world’s largest file sharing sites and it was closed down by US authorities because it was deemed to have been violating federal piracy laws. The US Justice Department, through the FBI, has even managed to arrest key executives residing in New Zealand and seven other countries, and there are distinct fears that this could be just the beginning of an... -
There was a great story emanating from telecoms.com this week that Vodafone has determined that some applications available through Apple’s App Store are failing to meet its internal quality standards because they are accessing APIs that are non-essential for the applications’ functions. It’s not just Apple apps; many are replicated on the Android platform as well. Application anomalies have not passed the notice of many smartphone users puzzled at how quickly they chew up data... -
‘The Insider’ is considering taking up a new career as a fortune-teller. He may not have predicted the horrendous floods sweeping through Queensland in Australia, but his words on preparedness were certainly timely. “Maybe it’s time to review the massive spend on marketing activities and re-allocate some monies to enterprise risk management, disaster recovery and business continuity exercises. How many CSPs simply pay lip-service to those critically important sectors of their... -
We are all hung up just now on ‘monetization.’ It will also be a major theme at our upcoming MW Americas event in Orlando. I receive countless press releases on the subject and occasionally I get excited about what I’m reading. Today was one of those days. A previously unknown entity called ConteXtream announced, rather aptly, that it had come out of stealth mode to discuss what it describes as its ‘Service Delivery Grid’ (SDG) technology, that offers network operators a radically new approach to... -
When Roman children were being taught to read and write they were given a piece of slate and some chalk as their main educational tools, a practice that still carried on well into the 19th century. Before the release of Apple’s now ubiquitous iPad the technology pundits favorite name for it was the ‘iSlate.' Sadly, they hadn’t spotted back then what could soon become the iPad’s greatest strength, as an educational tool. When I first wrote about this, and the fact that the iPad could eventually... -
Funny how some news stories are viewed differently. This week’s big IT headline was that Intel had bought McAfee for a massive $7.68 billion, but depending where you read about the story took on multiple personas. There is no doubt that the acquisition underlines Intel’s bet on “hardware-enhanced security” and demonstrates that that security is a necessary component as the tech company’s reach expands to handle billions of new Internet-ready devices, such as mobile phones and computers, TVs, cars... -
This week at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2010, Microsoft Corp. was highlighting market opportunities for hosting and communications service providers as adoption of cloud services among small and midsize business (SMBs) continues to rise. Microsoft is offering to help service providers take advantage of those opportunities through its software, services and programs that enable them to become trusted advisors and full-service IT providers to businesses. That all sounds grand but Microsoft... -
I'm sure you've heard of Steve Jobs but I wonder if you've ever heard of Charles Stross. Last week his name came up twice in dispatches, firstly from my TM Forum colleague, Josh Goldfein, and secondly in a TelecomAsia article written by my good friend and global technology editor, John Tanner. So what, you ask? Well, Mr Stross, a prolific author based in Edinburgh, has pieced together Mr Job's master plan not only for Apple but for the IT and communications industry as a whole, and... -
Just when you thought it was safe to move over to Cloud computing a number of warning flashes have appeared from industry experts that may raise concerns. I’m never sure if these reports are based on real concerns or just headline grabbers that lead to detailed reports that must be purchased to get the full story. Nevertheless, the points raised in the UK and Australia over the last week should probably be considered objectively. The first, reported in Computing.co.uk comes from Steve Prentice a...
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