Cloud Computing; Feb 18th
February 17, 2009
Tim O’Reilly: Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing
Tim says:
- Any web application is a cloud application in the sense that it resides in the cloud. Google, Amazon, Facebook, twitter, flickr, and virtually every other Web 2.0 application is a cloud application.
- People use the term “cloud” more specifically in describing web applications that were formerly delivered locally on a PC, like spreadsheets, word processing, databases, and even email.
Examples:
- Slideshare
- Flickr (Picasa, Webshots, etc.)
- Picnik
- Scribd
- YouTube
- Delicious
- Digg
- Blogger
- Talkr
- Any others?
Online Office software:
Resources:
- Can we please define cloud computing?
- 2009 Horizon Report
- E-Research in the Clouds
- Educause: Cloud Computing
- 7 Things You Should Know About Collaborative Editing
- Howstuffworks: Cloud Computing
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This is a very useful survey of potential resources. It is an interesting time to be looking at the concept of cloud computing, especially since it is such a rapidly evolving field. The Educause link provided a few striking quotes from technological visionaries on the subject: ranging from “…complete gibberish…” and “… marketing hype…” to “Life in the clouds is here…”. The diversity of opinions on the topic highlights both the pitfalls and potentials of this approach to the delivery of services.