[ubuntu-cloud] Cloud Training events

[Jim Wyatt]

I certainly agree there is a lot of marketecture going around these
days, and I see cloud computing more as a evolution than a revolution,
but there is significantly more value to cloud computing than developing
a new software delivery channel. Amazon, Eucalytpus, Canonical,
Ubuntu...these are the guys that are doing the cloud today, specifically
Infrastructure-as-a-Service. I would support your statements when
looking at Platform-as-a-Service and Software-as-a-Service offerings
from the likes of Google and Microsoft, but the U.S. Government didn't
just order "cloud first" because they were caught up by the sales pitch.
There are tremendous savings to be realized and not just by the bankers,
but by all of us who are subsidizing giant space heaters disguised as
data centers with our tax dollars. The hard money answer to cloud
computing is that is allows us to share hardware and therefore achieve a
level of efficiency that only the big guys can. The cloud is the
commiditization of our information infrastructure. The reason it sounds
like a sales pitch is because it is slightly complicated. For a less
biased definition:
	http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SNS/cloud-computing/cloud-def-v15.doc


Westside,

Jim



On Sun, 2010-12-19 at 11:35 +0000, Darren Lawson wrote:
> Jean-Daniel,
> 
> The internet is the series of connected computers while the web is built
> around protocols that support the use of software for the display of
> information.  The new cloud is more a marketing mechanic about providing
> software remotely while giving rise to companies providing services that
> allow easy access to remotely stored files. It's a bit obscure because
> it's a capitalist .5
> 
> Darren.
> 
> On Sun, 2010-12-19 at 09:36 +0100, Jean-Daniel wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I would be interested in getting a clearer view of what is called "the
> > cloud" in this context, and how it is different from the "the web"  or
> > "the internet".
> > 
> > Does this mean that applications that where traditionally desktop only
> > get a boost of features now they transparently access remote
> > ressources?
> > 
> > Does this mean load balancing and cluster management?
> > 
> > Actually, any pointer would also help.
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Ahmed Kamal <ahmed.kamal at canonical.com> wrote:
> > > Howdy everyone,
> > >
> > > I'm reaching out to the Ubuntu server and cloud communities to identify
> > > topics you would like to see covered as part of training events for
> > > cloud related topics. I would like to help kickstart community members
> > > who are new to cloud stuff, and part of that is to help hold training
> > > events in the form of IRC meetings, screencasts, tutorials ...etc So:
> > >
> > > - What kind of topics would you like to see covered (send a brain dump,
> > > no filtering please :) ?
> > > - What kind of sessions can you contribute if any ?
> > >
> > > Appreciating your replies
> > > Regards
> > >
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> > >
> > 
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