Computing's Future is in the Cloud

Apple and Google. Devices and Clouds. An exciting look into the future of computing by Nick Carr, who sometimes thinks that IT doesn't matter, but always offers an interesting perspective. ...

... "At this very moment, in a building somewhere in Silicon Valley, I guarantee you that a team of engineers from Google and Apple are designing a set of devices that, hooked up as terminals to Google's supercomputer, will define how we use computers in the future. " ...

Via Nicholas Carr's Blog: Future of Computing

Cloud Computing For Hyperscale DataCenters

Dell makes move up-market to compete more directly in the data center big-leagues. Can it differentiate itself?

... "Dell's Cloud Computing Solution is designed to provide data center optimization, increased energy efficiency, and lower deployment and overall management overhead for customers whose IT infrastructure, or compute cloud, is the factory for their business. These data-intensive customers include major providers of goods and services over the Internet, financial services organizations, national government agencies, institutional university and laboratory environments and upstream petroleum producers. " ...

Via Dell: Dell Announces Cloud Computing Solution to Address Unique Needs of Hyper-Scale Data Centers