Monday, December 28. 2009

Quote of the Week

"What "cloud computing" was for 2009, "location based" will be for 2010."

- Justin Williams in his year end wrap up of "nerd tech" in the Evansville Currier and Press

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Tuesday, December 22. 2009

Podcast: Google's Slow Walk to its Vision for Geospatial Cloud Computing

Last week Google added some search tools to its Map Data API. The announcement made few waves in a holiday focused geospatial community, the announcement and its implications are worth considering as they lay out the small steps Google is making to draw developers to its vision for geospatial cloud computing.

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Wednesday, December 16. 2009

Appistry Makes 2010 Predictions for Cloud Computing

In 2009, Appistry, the provider of enterprise cloud computing services, provided their predictions. For 2010, the company once again looks ahead to where they see the cloud computing paradigms shifting.

2009 Predictions
-- The “year of the cloud” for the enterprise
-- Cloud platforms begin to overtake App Server
-- Several organizations offer cloud standards but debate to rage on
-- HP works its way into middleware
-- Amazon enters platform arena with new tools

2010 Predictions
-- Market disruptions accelerate into 2010
-- The "cloud" experiences growing pains
-- 2010 – the year of Platform as a Service
-- The Cloud Shapes Data, Data Shapes the Cloud
-- Put up or shut up year for tech firms; A bubble looming (Are grow rate predictions too high for public cloud companies?)

The archived webinar allows you to hear the experts elaborat on their predictions.

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Thursday, December 10. 2009

OMB: Defend Non-use of Cloud Computing

The Office of Management and Budget will require agencies to document how they could use cloud computing platforms for major technology projects for fiscal 2012 and they'll need to defend why they'd not use it.

- Federal News Radio

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Tuesday, December 8. 2009

INPUT: Geospatial Among Top Gov Trends to Save Money

"Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Open Source Software (OSS) and Geospatial technologies are poised for increased federal government adoption over the next five years as cost-saving initiatives drive investment in these solutions, according to new research from INPUT, the leading authority on government business. Nearly half of federal and IT industry professionals surveyed by INPUT believe these technologies will have a major impact on their technology environment despite concerns over security and up-front costs."

- press release

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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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