Gmail Outage – Is Cloud Computing To Blame? “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell, former US Secretary of State and Chairman of US Joint Chiefs of Staff. Unless you are living under a rock, you must have come across the story of the Gmail outage a fortnight back. The question several observers are asking is, “Is cloud computing to blame?” First, here are the facts. On Sunday, 27 February, Gmail became inaccessible for some hours. When it did come back, several users were surprised to
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How Cloud Computing Can Create Jobs “Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations…. They now need more and more expensive clerks even though they call them ‘operators’ or ‘programmers.’” – Peter Drucker (1909-2005), American management guru and author. As Peter Drucker wrote, new technologies do not reduce employment; they simply raise the level of skill required to be employed. Those who can change, prosper; those who can’t, have to settle for low-paying jobs or join the ranks of the unemployed. Take IT maintenance for example. With cloud computing, businesses will no longer
Data Storage Startup Acunu Raises $3.6 Million To Launch Its First Product London-based startup Acunu managed to secure USD 3.6 million in a Series A funding, provided by UK’s venture capital companies Eden Ventures, Oxford Technology Management and Pentech Ventures LLP, intended to help the company launch its first data storage product. The company’s software is still in private beta and a small number of undisclosed companies in the cloud computing, advertising, and social media business segments are running the software on commodity servers, Acunu said in a press release. Acunu’s software is optimized to help solid drives act as
How BIG Is The Cloud Computing Market? “A market is never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one.” – Henry Ford (1863-1947), American industrialist and pioneer of assembly line production. Henry Ford, industrialist extraordinaire, knew the value of his Model T in the American market. That is why, contrary to the popular belief at that time that customers should always be provided choices, he refused to offer his now-iconic product in multiple colors, going as far as to say, “They can have it any color so long as it’s black.” Although the
Unlikely Lessons For The Cloud Computing Industry “Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.” – C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), British scholar and novelist. It may be difficult to admit, but cloud computing has a lot to learn from that one industry that has a huge number of consumers, most of whom wouldn’t admit to being consumers – the pornographic industry. We will try not to be judgmental here, but consider the adult entertainment industry (definitely a more euphemism) in the light of its willingness to embrace and extend new technologies, including the nascent one
