Monday, November 16. 2009

Quote of the Week

"All our GIS and OSS are in the cloud."

- Barry Nolan, chief operating officer at euNetworks, during a round table discussion on at Global Telcoms Business on cloud computing and telcos

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Tuesday, November 10. 2009

Podcast: Windows 7, a Netbook and/or the Cloud?

Windows 7 is out and getting good reviews. But, the Mac continues to rule in customer satisfaction. And what of those cheap, lightweight netbooks? What role should the cloud play in picking your next hardware and software, both for general productivity and geospatial production work? Our editors (one Mac and one PC) explore the options.

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Friday, October 30. 2009

Podcast: A Hallway Conversation with Philip O'Doherty, CEO, eSpatial

Adena Schutzberg interviewed eSpatial CEO Philip O'Doherty about Web GIS, its implementation challenges, editing capabilities ("CAD-lite") and future. This is the second in a series of interviews with geospatial insiders and outsiders.

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Tuesday, September 22. 2009

DigitalGlobe's Jill Smith on Cloud Computing

The second key enabler [to removing barriers to imagery use] is the availability of cloud computing to distribute our products. With the geospatial cloud we can offer a platform with high performance computing and bring down cost. Our customers can therefore access imagery through various formats, immediately. We can also offer additional services such as change detection or feature identification that leverage this geospatial cloud.

Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Remote Sensing, DigitalGlobe, Cloud Computing at 08:12 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) |

Tuesday, September 15. 2009

Apps.gov Launches to Foster Cloud Computing

Apps.gov website launches to support President Obama's initiatives for lower IT costs and to promote cloud computing along with a suite of applications, many for purchase.

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Monday, September 14. 2009

Larry Ellison & Steve Ballmer on Cloud Computing

Definitions of cloud computing from the two guys that should know...somewhat humorous:

Larry Ellison on Cloud Computing. "What the hell is cloud computing?"

Steve Ballmer on Cloud Computing:

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