ReliaCloud Twitter News Roundup: 07/09/2010
By Gary Elfert | July 9th, 2010 | No Comments »
With the 4th of July holiday over, it’s back to work where we can keep our heads in the clouds. Following are cloud news bites you may have missed over the relaxing holiday.
Cloud Computing Taxonomy
From Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) to Software as a Service (SaaS), Forrester visually places cloud providers in its updated Cloud Computing Taxonomy.
The Cloud Could be a Substantial Part of the Way Britain’s National Health Service Will Operate
Britain’s National Health Service predicts that deploying a G-Cloud (Government Cloud) could offer a huge opportunity for very large savings. Imagine 82 million patient records floating in the cloud.
Science Clouds. Have you heard of them?
These informal clouds are making it easy for scientific projects to experiment with IaaS-style cloud computing. Access to a Science Cloud is provided voluntarily. Here are a few links to available science clouds:
Nimbus @ University of Chicago
Stratus @ University of Florida
Wispy @ Purdue University
Kupa @ Masaryk University
