Of little clouds and big clouds, local clouds and global clouds
Image: NASA Amazon’s globe-encircling cloud infrastructure is compelling to many. From Virginia to California, from Ireland to Singapore, and from Japan to Brazil; wherever you find yourself there’s a local instance of the same familiar set of services. And, in all likelihood, Australia will soon be added to the list. For those primarily interested in just serving [...]
Global Cloud Computing – Cultural Issues
As cloud computing gets adopted by people in many different countries around the world, across all the continents, it is quite evident that different countries see cloud computing with different lenses. There are many issues that affect the adoption of cloud computing, from regulatory issues to cultural issues to economic issues. At the recently concluded [...]
Cloud Vendors Plead For Uniform Regulations In Europe
I have been covering the European cloud computing market a little bit here at Cloud Ave. One of the reasons for the failure of public cloud providers in that market is the strict privacy laws that requires the cloud providers to keep the data within the borders. Even though AWS has support for EU region, [...]
Cloud Computing On The Way To Gain Some Traction In The European Market
European industry is very slow to adopting cloud computing compared to their counterparts in US. In my previous posts about the European scene, I have pointed out to the lackluster adoption by the European organizations. I asked them about the European cloud market and what kind of traction they are seeing in the market. Christoph told me [...]
Cloud Computing Outside the US
Information Week has an article that talks about the difference between the US and European Cloud Computing markets. The article points out to some numbers given by The 451 Group’s William Fellows The 451 Group’s William Fellows in a “Cloud Outlook 2010″ Webcast, says that 57% of spending on cloud computing is done in the [...]
The Outlook for Enterprise 2.0 Abroad
Live blogged from the Enterprise 2.0 Conference, Boston. From the program – With a panel of Enterprise 2.0 Experts from around the world, this session dives into market conditions and adoption in markets outside of North America. Where is Enterprise 2.0 taking root and where is it not and are there cultural barriers to adoption? [...]
Cloud Computing and Multinationals
There are many posts in the blogosphere and media about the security and privacy issues associated with Cloud Computing. A big chunk of them are plain fear mongering by companies whose business interests are threatened by the proliferation of cloud based computing or by those people who are in love with such companies. I have [...]
