Google Application Infrastructure Opening

Google starts preview release of its infrastructure for developers. ...

... "application-hosting tool that developers can use to build scalable web apps on top of Google's infrastructure. The goal is to make it easier for web developers to build and scale applications, instead of focusing on system administration and maintenance. " ...

Via Google: Your Apps on Google's Infrastructure

See video discussion of this application hosting capability ...

HP IT Transformation

CIO offers insights into HP information technology transformation, where data center consolidation, application architecture rationalization, and project portfolio management are the rule of the day. ...

... "A deep dive into a company's technology infrastructure will help open a technology manager's eyes. Some of the 1,240 IT projects Mott cataloged at HP during a 30-day review weren't slated to be finished for 20 years. " ...

Via Information Week: Incremental IT

Organize for Virtualization Success

A virtualized environment offers the ability to achieve significant scalability. Benchmarks and heuristics can help you assess the future state model for your organization post-implementation. ...

... "Management team: 15 percent of IT groups are creating a dedicated team, often called the virtual computing team, that brings together experts from various IT disciplines to manage the overall virtualization effort ... " ...

Via CIO: Benchmarks

Project Dark-Porcelain: Get Connected

Tired of you current ISP? Here's an alternative ...

... "The Toilet Internet Service Provider (TiSP) project is a self-installed, ad-supported online service that will be offered entirely free to any consumer with a WiFi-capable PC and a toilet connected to a local municipal sewage system. " ...

Via Google Press Center: Dark porcelain project offers self-installed plumbing-based Internet access

Virtual Infrastructure: Grid Perspective

Grid-computing provider discusses the characteristics of managing a successful distributed computing infrastructure, which is of interest to companies that are aiming for a more lights-out, virtual infrastructure. ...

... "It is in the interest of application providers to meet the demands of their customers, and some of their largest customers are demanding grid-enablement as part of their overall IT strategy in the data center. " ...

Via Grid Today: Read