http://www.cloudtrends.com cloud computing, virtualization, and the new computing ecology Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:51:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The term Cloud Computing is on the rise according to google trends. But what does it all mean? Just like "Web 2.0" it's an overloaded phrase with tons of connotations and many attempts at definition. While perusing a cloud blog by James Urquhart, I was inspired to try to define ... http://www.cloudtrends.com/2008/07/16/what-is-cloud-computing-2/ Introduction to Amazon's EC2 http://www.cloudtrends.com/2008/07/16/devx-introduction-to-amazon-ec2/ CHICAGO and SEATTLE – June 25, 2008 – CohesiveFT, providers of the Elastic Server Platform, an on-demand service for dynamic assembly and deployment of virtual machines, and Skytap, the leading provider of cloud-based virtualization solutions, today announced a technology partnership to distribute CohesiveFT’s Elastic Servers to Skytap’s Virtual Lab platform. The combined solution will ... http://www.cloudtrends.com/2008/07/01/cohesiveft-delivers-elastic-servers-to-skytap%e2%80%99s-cloud-based-platform/ Eucalyptus is an interesting new project out of UC Santa Barbara which aims to produce an EC2 compatible private cloud in your own data center. What I really love about this idea is that instead of reinventing the wheel, they've decided to be API-compatible with EC2. Not only does this ... http://www.cloudtrends.com/2008/07/01/eucalyptus-is-an-open-source-amazon-ec2-clone/ CHICAGO and LIVINGSTON, Scotland – June 24, 2008 – CohesiveFT, providers of the Elastic Server Platform, an on-demand service for dynamic assembly and deployment of virtual machines, and FlexiScale, a leading provider of true on-demand Cloud computing, today announced a technology partnership to enable deployment of CohesiveFT’s Elastic Servers to ... http://www.cloudtrends.com/2008/07/01/cohesiveft%e2%80%99s-elastic-servers-available-for-deployment-to-flexiscale%e2%80%99s-on-demand-cloud/