IaaS Isn't Just Cloud Computing Fluff: Survey

"In its report, "Is IaaS Moving Beyond Just Cloud Fluff?," which is part of its "Anywhere Enterprise: 2010 U.S. Cloud Computing FastView Survey," Yankee Group found that 24 percent of large enterprises with cloud experience are already using IaaS, and another 37 percent expect to adopt IaaS within the next 24 months." Read the rest here and more here.

Startup Taps Grid Computing For High-Performance Security

"Unified threat management (UTM) has been aimed primarily at SMBs and branches offices, largely because of performance issues. UTM appliances often struggle when running multiple security applications in high-traffic environments. Newcomer Red Lambda has a novel approach to this problem: grid computing. The company believes it can scale up security performance using an enterprise's own computing resources. The software-based product, FireGrid, leverages unused computing capacity to deliver application firewall, intrusion detection/prevention, anomaly detection and application-based traffic shaping at 10Gbit/sec speed, Red Lambda claims." Read the rest of the grid computing for security article.

How Big is Amazon’s Cloud Computing Business?

"It goes without saying that with its array of web services, Amazon has transformed the computing landscape and nurtured what is generically known as the cloud computing industry. By turning expensive storage and computing hardware into a billable service, it has opened up new vistas for entrepreneurs and made corporations rethink how they build and use their computing and storage resources. The question often people ask: How much money is Amazon making from these web services? I’ve heard some wild estimates." Read the rest.

6 Questions For Accenture's Cloud Computing Captain

"Accenture has a multi-pronged plan of attack for cloud computing. The New York-based solution provider is attacking the cloud on several fronts, whether it's from strategy, consulting, systems integration or its own brand of software, Accenture has a cloud offering for all clients....But along with making it perfectly clear what it is in the cloud, Accenture is also quite clear on what it's not:" read the rest.

Cloud Computing Frenzy Recalls Y2K

"There's no shortage of hype surrounding the migration to the cloud, where businesses are moving their IT infrastructure to increase efficiency and save costs. But what about the security, privacy and other concerns that come in tow?" Read the rest here.

Cloud 2.0: Are We There Yet?

"Cloud computing is still partly hype, part reality. Broken down into its constituent parts (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) it is a pragmatic strategy with a history of success. But the concept of “the cloud” still has some executives scratching their heads over what’s real, what’s exactly new about it, and how it fits into their IT plans. Is it time to move to Cloud 2.0?" Read the rest here.

Google Storage for Developers

Google launches beta of IAAS Storage product Google Storage for Developers, a RESTful cloud service built on Google’s storage and networking infrastructure. [Google code blog]

What is IAAS?

What is IAAS? It is Infrastructure as a Service. Cloud.com launched a scalable IAAS service offering. By definition, IAAS needs to be scalable. The same with any Virtualization service. Why? Because the customer is expecting these services - anything in the Cloud - to grow on demand for them.

IAAS is when your Managed Service Provider, like Host.Net, provides all of the computing hardware - the platform if you will - for your software applications (like office suites, CRM, ERP, EMR, et al) to reside on for global access. It has also been called Platform as a Service (PAAS).

Bottom line: as Host.Net explains, IAAS and PAAS means that you (the customer) can deliver apps but get out of the data center business. Host.Net further explains that they take you out of the hardware business!