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Virtualisation 101

 

With Virtualisation becoming intertwined with cloud computing it is worth taking a step back and looking once again what virtualisation is, and is not. Virtualisation and Emulation are often compared, but there are a set of important differences. Emulation provides the functionality of a target processor completely in software. The main advantage being that you can emulate [...]

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The Future of the Cloud by Simon Wardley from Carsonified on Vimeo.

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This session was presented at Cloud Slam 09 by Nati Shalom CTO of GigaSpaces. It provides a practical guideline addressing the common challenges of developing and deploying an existing enterprise application on the cloud. Additionally, you will get the opportunity for hands-on experience running and deploying production ready applications in a matter of minutes on [...]

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A recent webinar by GigaSpaces on how to deploy your existing applications to the cloud using GigaSpaces can be watched below:

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SOASTA, who we covered in the book,  plans to utilise an interconnected series of regionalized cloud providers for global load and performance testing Web applications and networks in a service they call the CloudTest Global Platform. They say that it enables companies  to simulate Web traffic and conditions by utilizing the power of the Cloud.

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There is an excellent article on securing Amazon EC2 for distributed architectures over at Cloudiquity - well worth a read if you plan to deploy on Amazon EC2.

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Gartner has just released a report entitled “Trusted SaaS Offerings for Secure Collaboration“. It is a well written piece and is very useful if your company is considering a move into cloud either with a consumer offering or building an internal cloud offering.

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In our book (which is finally due out at the end of February !), one of the things we discuss is the differences between pure play Grid and Cloud. Interestingly a recent post by the Cloud vendor CohesiveFT talks about the potential changes in technical sales cycles when evaluating Grid based products. I’m not sure I agree [...]

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