Cloud Computing Gaming Providers Cloud gaming, also called gaming on demand, is a type of online gaming that allows direct and on-demand streaming of games onto a computer through the use of a thin client, in which the actual game is stored on the game company’s server and is streamed directly to computers accessing the server through the client. (wikipedia) Onlive – OnLive provides the world’s highest performance Games On Demand service, instantly delivering the latest high-end titles over home broadband Internet to the TV and entry-level PCs and Macintosh® computers. Founded by noted technology entrepreneur Steve Perlman (WebTV, QuickTime)
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Microsoft Improves Performance Through Private Cloud Computing Microsoft is now focusing on private cloud computing mainly to improve the performance of many applications. Through private cloud computing the performance levels of the application services such as Windows Azure, Office 365, Xbox Live and Bing services can be optimized. This benefit of private cloud can be applied to every IT environment. The benefits in designing the private cloud are being discussed at Microsoft Management Summit that is going on now in Las Vegas. This sold-out IT conference is being attended by about 4,000 members. The new prototype of private cloud computing
The Next Cloud Computing Superpower? Some time back, I had written on the possibility of India emerging as a cloud computing superpower. (See: Is India The Next Cloud Computing Superpower?). I had based my assumption on the fact that India has a large number of software engineers available to leverage their knowledge in the emerging technology of cloud computing. However, that assumption dealt with the intellectual knowledge India could bring to the cloud computing table, not the rate of adoption the technology will have among Indian enterprises. As far as the latter is concerned, a recent report has been a
Cloud Based Service Level Agreements A common theme in the chatter about cloud computing is the need for SLAs around performance and availability. These SLAs simply don’t exist or are specified in a way that makes them look like they’ll never be violated. For example, Amazon’s availability SLA is around the network connectivity for an entire availability zone. So if you have a single instance that can access the internet (whether or not your app will run on it), there is no violation. This is hardly a new state of affairs and there doesn’t seem to be much change coming
Why is Rackspace targeting Startups? I have often spoken about how cloud computing can help level the playing field between established enterprises who can afford to spend millions on information technology (IT) infrastructure to support their operations, and smaller entities that cannot. (See: Fighting Above Your Weight Class Through Cloud Computing). Cloud computing, with its on-demand model that lets users pay for only that what they use, and the fact that it eliminates heavy setup costs, is a boon for smaller companies. At the same time, with its scalability, a small firm can grow and expand with the assurance that
BlackBerry-maker RIM Ties Up with Microsoft for Cloud Storage Last week saw the announcement of two major joint ventures in the cloud computing space. While German enterprise software maker SAP AG tied up with Verizon to offer its CRM solutions on the cloud, BlackBerry-manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM) announced it was teaming up with Microsoft for cloud-based storage. The new service, termed BlackBerry Office 365, will fully integrate with Microsoft’s forthcoming Office 365 offering, with users of one having full and free access to the other. Features will include calendar, contacts, video services, etc., all accessible from BlackBerry devices. “We’re
Eucalyptus Systems Sponsors Cloud Expo 2011 New York All roads lead to New York this summer for the 8th International Cloud Expo. Eucalyptus Systems, the developer of an independent cloud computing platform is the “Bronze Sponsor” of this event scheduled to be held on June 6-9, 2011, at the Javits Center in New York. This Cloud Expo will mark technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading Cloud industry players in the world. The upcoming Cloud Expo conference in New York will exhibit the growth and success of Cloud computing. The four day Cloud Expo event is
