As the word “cloud computing” becomes more ubiquitous these days, several questions can be raised ranging from basic question like the definitions of a cloud and cloud computing to more tempting questions like architecture of cloud infrastructure and implementation of cloud computing to solve complex, data-intensive compute problems.
Concerns raised over the cloud computing are mainly [...]
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Whitepaper - An Introduction to Private Cloud
Published January 31st, 2010 in Miscellaneous and Whitepapers. 0 CommentsAs the time is ticking and counting down to the new year, I’d like to review what I have done so far on this blog; my plan, my expectation compared with the realization and final result. Earlier in this year, I set a target, which I was pretty sure achievable. I aimed to increase the [...]
I was attending a conference about green purchasing in fourth week of October taking place in Suwon, South Korea and pondering about what the substance of the conference would bring impact to the IT field. The conference theme was about green purchasing, a term coined to refer to purchasing of sustainable products. Despite the seemingly [...]
Riding The Cloud of Multi-million Worth of Infrastructure
Published February 28th, 2009 in Miscellaneous and Technical Notes. 1 CommentDo you still remember the OLPC (One Laptop for Child) program and other (if any) with similar purpose? Let me help you lessen the time for googling by citing the mission of this program from its official cite, “To create educational opportunities for the world’s poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, [...]
A New Toy Namely Google App Engine Has Arrived
Published January 20th, 2009 in Application Design, Miscellaneous and Technical Notes. 0 CommentsGoogle seems to love and hate me at the same time. Some moments ago (I forgot the date I filled the application), I submitted application form for testing its App Engine. I was just curious about its cloud computing environment and wondered if the infrastructure they built could properly address some issues common in grid [...]
Statistical Data of Year 2008 for This Blog and Plan for 2009
Published January 3rd, 2009 in Miscellaneous. 1 CommentIt’s been two years since I managed to write my concerns, opinions, and thoughts about technology-related topics in my own blog, which is this blog. Although the blog was originally intended to be supplementary since it’s not the main part of my future plan, it has evolved to be the façade, main terrace of a [...]
Awaiting More Stable 2009 After 2008 Roller Coaster
Published December 31st, 2008 in Miscellaneous. 1 CommentIt’s the end of this year and I think it will be worth noting some important events in this year that have brought memorable, shaking, crucial, or unimaginable experiences and impact wordwide. This year has been a year of ups and downs, a year that invalidates prediction and forecast by top firms and analysts.
I noted [...]
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