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Analysis Post Week 11

noreply@blogger.com (Tharmini) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:28:00 +0000

This week’s poll question is on “Do you think Cloud Computing will be more popular in the future?” We have received several votes from our guests. Based on the poll results, this is simplified version of the results in a pie chart form.

Following are the option and the percentage of total votes for each choice, below:

A) Yes. Because it brings a lot of benefits. 46% (6 Votes)

B) No. It doesn't help much. 15% (2 Votes)

C) Maybe not so soon. Even though it is useful, it still needs time for public to familiarize with it. 38%

(5 Votes)

From the pie chart above we can clearly see that the choice with the highest number of votes is the first option. Which means users agree that cloud computing has its advantage. This shows the users have understood about cloud computing, its applications and function. Thus, they find it very useful. Furthermore, these groups of user must be profound users of the Internet, by using this cloud computing technology it changes the entire way of using the Internet by making it easier to access data, share data, store data and many more. Users also are able to save cost as they only have to pay per use. Hence, there is no doubt user agree that cloud computing brings benefits.

The second option is “No. It doesn’t help much” which had a vote of 2. This must be because this group of user are not very familiar with this cloud computing technology or not happy with the evolution of a new technology. This is also because evolution of new technology may require user to learn the features and how to use the technology. Moreover, this group of users may just want to stick to their comfort zone which is still use the conversional method of accessing data, sharing data, storing data and many more.

The third option is the second highest vote. This group of user may want some time to use and explore the cloud computing applications before fully implement it. They might also want to consider solving other issues related to cloud computing such as security features and the bandwidth speed before utilizing it.

Finally, we appreciate and would like to thank all of you who participated in this last poll and always stood by us with your support. What do you think of this analysis post?? Please do share your opinion.

Cloud Computing Application-Box.net

noreply@blogger.com (funyen) — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:49:00 +0000

Link to us: http://sn.im/ccbox

In this post what we going to share in the Box.net cloud computing application. As it work like a giant box that size similar in cloud that it can storage a lot of thing. In Box it got a few feature that help users in many way. Here are 6 main features that it supplies for user to use that is:

Sharing and managing content
Project collaboration and workflow
Content search and discovery
Sync desktop files to Box
Mobile access
Extensibility and third-party apps

Here a video show all the features:-

If you interested you can try for trial version for 14 days.

Reference

http://www.box.net/features/complete_list

Note: Post edited on 3rd of November 2010 (correction done to typo error)

ShowDocument-Web Meeting and Document Sharing

noreply@blogger.com (XinDee) — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:47:00 +0000

Link to us: http://sn.im/showdocument

This week would be our last week for posting, so for this week , we are going to introduce you to some Cloud Computing Applications. For this post we are introducing ShowDocument. We have mentioned about ShowDocument before in previous posts but have never gone into detail about it. So for this post, we will show you some screenshots and explain a little on what it does.

There are two major types of services provided, which is ShowDocument - Now and ShowDocument - In Site. ShowDocument - Now is real-time web meetings and online document sharing for personal and business users, whereas ShowDocument - InSite is for online documents sharing and web meetings for websites.

Here is the screenshot of ShowDocument:

Diagram 1.1: Screenshot of ShowDocument Homepage

(Screenshot from ShowDocument.com)

In the homepage of ShowDocuments.com, users can choose from 4 shortcut links to start the applications they want to use. Each shortcut launches a different application. Below are the screenshots of the launched applications and the descriptions for each shortcut :

Diagram 1.2: Screenshot of Quick Start launch

Quick Start : Launches another interactive window where users can select from a list of applications.

Diagram 1.3: Screenshot of Shared Documents launch

Shared Documents: Allows users to upload and share documents or files instantly.

Diagram 1.4: Screenshot of Shared Whiteboard Launch

Shared Whiteboard: Provides users with a real-time interactive whiteboard to exchange ideas with other users.

Diagram 1.5: Screenshot of Word/Text Shared Editor

Word/Text Shared Editor: Allows users to communicate or collaborate among each other by editing and modifying text files simultaneously.

There is also a My Documents section for users to upload files or documents and store them online and integrated chat features. These are the summary of the services provided in ShowDocument.com. ShowDocument provides free registration for users. Users can use the applications and services for free by just registering. Thus, with all the provided functions, it is suitable for both personal and also business uses. So what do you think about ShowDocument.com? Is there a better cloud computing website? For more information, please visit the official website -> ShowDocument

Reference:

Online Reference:

ShowDocument Official Website, ShowDocument, Retrieved on October 2010.

URL: http://www.showdocument.com/ds/main.jsf

Analysis Post Week 10

noreply@blogger.com (XinDee) — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:31:00 +0000

Link to us: http://snipurl.com/analysis10

Last week's poll was on " Which do you think is a bigger issue on Cloud Computing?" . Visitors have voted and the results are analysed. A total of 25 visitors have participated in the poll. Below is a pie chart of the results of the poll (Blogger is having maintenence and we cannot upload images. We are sorry if there are inconvenience caused. We will upload a better pie chart when blogger is back to normal. For the time being, click on the pie chart to see the pie chart clearly) :

Here are the options and their respective results:
A) Privacy (44% with 11 votes)
B) Availability (40% with 10 votes)
C) Legal issues (0% with 0 votes)
D) Software/ Application Security (16% with 4 votes)

Privacy option has the most votes over the other options. The option with the second most votes is Availability. Next is followed by Software/ Application Security and lastly Legal issues. It seems that most users are mostly concerned about privacy issues when using Cloud Computing technology.

This shows that most users agreed that privacy issue is one of the most critical issue of Cloud Computing.This is because privacy issues are one of the most important issues to be considered before using any kind of technology. Users are worried that their personal or confidential information might be spread through the Internet. This is unsafe for users because it makes them to be easily targeted by cyber criminals.

Availability is also another popular Cloud Computing issues among users. This is because one of the major reasons for using Cloud Computing is its availability to access the data stored in the 'cloud' anywhere, anytime. If the 'cloud' server isn't always available and often have access problems, then users rather use the traditional way to store files.

Most users do not consider legal issues first because safety and security is the most important and critical issue. Thus, there are zero votes for Legal issues.

Some users use Cloud Computing mainly to gain access to cloud applications or softwares. Some organizations also implemented cloud applications that can be used by staffs and customers. Therefore, it is important that the cloud applications are safe, so that no confidential information is leaked out.

Do you agree with the results and analysis?? If not, what do you think??

Google Cloud Print

noreply@blogger.com (Tharmini) — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:18:00 +0000

Link to us: http://sn.im/cloudprint

Google Chrome Operating System has come up with “Google Cloud Print” concept to ensure that users experience printing from web application is as usual as printing from conventional applications. Furthermore, with creation of web-connected mobile devices, it is not practical to have massive print subsystems and print drivers for various platforms. Hence, Google Corporation mentioned that

“Our goal is to build a printing experience that enables any app (web, desktop, or mobile) on any device to print to any printer anywhere in the world.”

In order to achieve their goal, Google Corporation came up with the idea of a cloud print service, whereby applications do not local operating system and drivers to print. The diagram below shows various applications use Google Cloud Print to submit and manage print jobs. The task of Google Cloud Print is to send the printing job to the right printer, providing the particulars the users have selected with the job status to the application.

Diagram: Shows various application use Google Cloud Print

(Image retrieved from Google Cloud Print (Labs) - Google Code

on 19th October 2010)

What do you think about the idea of integrating Google Cloud Print in Google Chrome???

Reference:

Internet reference:

Google Cloud Print (Labs) - Google Code, [Online], Retrieved 19th October 2010

URL: http://code.google.com/apis/cloudprint/docs/overview.html

Cloud Computing Security

noreply@blogger.com (funyen) — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:33:00 +0000

Link to us: http://sn.im/ccsecurity

Every global application have its own security feature as it will tell user whether what security feature their have in the term and condition.

Here is some securities that cloud computing provide:

Data Protection - protect one user data by separate for other user that use same cloud computing.

Identity Management - having a unique of its own system to control access information and computing resources for users to secure their data.

Physical and Personnel Security - sufficiently secure by physical machines and users data are not only restricted but the access is documented.

Availability - assure users have their regular and predictable access to their data and application

Application Security - to measures the product environment by using application firewall as service via the cloud are secure through realizing test and acceptance procedures for outsourced/packaged application code.

Privacy - ensure important data such as credit card number are masked/hidden that only authorized users can access to the data entirely.

Here is some related post that might interested you:

http://cloudsecurity .org/blog/2010/01/25/are-you-trying-to-pin-the-tail-on-the-cloud-donkey.html hosted by Craig Balding

http://vimeo .com/11686394 by Novell,lnc.

So, do you think Cloud Computing is safe?? Is it okay to entrust our personal and private details to an unknown server??

Reference:
Online Reference:

InfoWorld, Cloud Computing Security Risks, Retrieved on October 2010.

URL: http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/gartner-seven-cloud-computing-security-risks-853

CloudSecurityAlliance, Sampling of issues we are addressing. Retrieved on October 2010.
URL: http://www.cloudsecurityalliance.org/issues.html#ediscovery

Analysis Post Week 9

noreply@blogger.com (funyen) — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:05:00 +0000

Link to us: http://sn.im/analysis9

Here was the week 9 analysis that shows how confidence our visitor know cloud computing whether help the environment with the title “Can Cloud Computing help the environment?”. Below have shown the result by using pie chart:

From the pie chart:

13 out of 31 visitors have been votes “Yes. Cloud Computing saves resources.” as it took highest percentage that is 42%.

“No. Cloud Computing has nothing to do with the environment.” Was get lowest percentage and votes that is 10% and 3 votes.

5 out of 31 visitors have been votes “Maybe. I think it has something to do with the environment.” as it took out 17% of the chart.

And 9 out of 31 visitors have votes for “I don’t know.” as it took out second highest votes percentage that is 31% over 100%.

Cloud Computing into Mobile Devices

noreply@blogger.com (XinDee) — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:25:00 +0000

Link to us: http://sn.im/mobilecc

Ever heard of Mobile Cloud Computing?? Over the years, Cloud Computing has been used for desktop applications and softwares as well as file storage. Now, Cloud Computing technology has also moved into the mobile industry, known as Mobile Cloud Computing. In short, Mobile Cloud Computing refers to the technology whereby mobile applications are stored and processed on external servers or also known as 'cloud'.

There are a few benefits of Mobile Cloud Computing. Below is a brief explanation on the advantages and disadvantages of Mobile Cloud Computing for various users:

Advantages:

Users

Users using feature phones have advantages of using Mobile Cloud Computing because feature phones have low processing power and less memory compared to smart phones. Since currently the number of users using feature phones is more than the number of users using smart phones, thus Mobile Cloud Computing should benefit most mobile device users. Smart phone users can also gain some benefits from Mobile Cloud Computing as users can share files, view shared files online, and also upload from their smart phones which has higher data processing power. This way, users can save a lot of phone memory space because all they need is a browser to gain access to the applications.

Company/Organizations

Companies can share resources and applications easily among staffs and customers while saving hardware and software costs. Mobile Cloud Computing stores applications and run softwares all on the 'cloud' servers so that companies do not need to buy storage hardwares and softwares. Customers can access the applications from any devices, from desktops, to laptops and also mobile devices.

Developers

Developers can have a wider market and more potential customers because users can gain access to their applications through any browser including mobile browsers. Other than that, they can also have larger revenues (profits) because developers do not have to create multiple versions of the same application. This is because it is accessible by all devices users. The developers also do not have to pay fees to the mobile platform owner.

Other than the above, Mobile Cloud Computing has also contributed to a new type of business model which is NaaS ( Network as a Service), as stated in Aepona's Official Website.

Setbacks:

Mobile Cloud Computing brings a lot of benefits to different mobile users; however, it has some setbacks which prevents it from being perfect. One of the major setbacks is that cloud applications requires a stable and constant connection in order to run properly. Thus, users whose mobile device have unstable connection will be unable to connect to any cloud applications or softwares. Next, if too many users were to connect to the 'cloud' at the same time. All of the users will experience slow connection and is thus time consuming and inefficient.

Here is a video about when Mobile Cloud Computing is needed and when it is not needed.:

Mobile Cloud Computing has became one of the hot topics among Cloud technology topics. Mobile Cloud Computing can come in all forms such as applications, operating systems and others. Mobile Cloud Operating Systems are also known Web OS 2.0. An example of a mobile cloud computing operating system is EyeOS for mobile which the desktop version was previously mentioned in the iCloud9 Video. Click here for more information on Web OS for Mobile Devices.

Diagram : Screenshot of WebOS 2.0 for Mobile Devices

(Image retrieved from Cloud Tweaks:Web OS 2.0-Mobile Cloud Computing on October 2010)

So, what do you think about Mobile Cloud Computing?? Have you experience it before??

Reference:

Online Reference

CloudTweaks, Web OS 2.0 - Mobile Cloud Computing. Retrieved on October 2010.
URL: http://www.cloudtweaks.com/2010/09/webos-2-0-mobile-cloud-computing/

SmartDevelopements, What Mobile Cloud Computing means for Mobile Application Developement. Retrieved on October 2010.
URL: http://www.smartdevelopments.org/?p=84

Aepona, Mobile Cloud Computing. Retrieved on October 2010.
URL: http://www.aepona.com/aepona_vision/naasmcc/

"Green IT" through Cloud Computing & Green Computing.

noreply@blogger.com (Tharmini) — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:10:00 +0000

Link to us: http://sn.im/greenclouds

Cloud Computing and Green computing have been mostly talked about issue as we all know. This is due to the necessity to increase efficiency in doing work while ensuring the environment factor is taken into consideration. Nowadays with increase usage of technology in business or any organizations, the consumption of energy power is high and too expensive. At times these organizations and business companies don’t fully utilize their technology devices which eventually lead to waste of money and technology resources. Hence, what can we do to overcome this problem???

Some IT experts have suggested that cloud computing may be able to help save energy consumption and money making it much more affordable for business and organization usage. Business and organization can move to the additional computing power and resources available when they need them, if they have a cloud computing service available. Furthermore, cost can be cut down as they don’t need to be paying for serves which are basically running 24 hours although their not using it. Thus, by merging cloud computing and green computing, the concept of Green IT could be achieved.

What do you think of the idea of achieving “Green IT” through Cloud Computing & Green Computing???

References:

Internet references:

Cloud Computing's Role in Green IT, [Online], Retrieved on 11 October 2010.

URL: http://www.brighthub.com/computing/smb-security/articles/40717.aspx#ixzz122YYN4qv

Go Green with the Cloud, [Online], Retrieved on 11 October 2010.

URL:http://www.infosysblogs.com/cloudcomputing/2009/05/go_green_with_the_cloud.html

Analysis Post Week 8

noreply@blogger.com (Tharmini) — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:23:00 +0000

Link to us: http://sn.im/analysispoll8

This week’s poll question is “Which Cloud Operating System are you most likely to try?” We have received around 10 votes. Whereby, 5 people are most likely to try Cloudo operating system, 4 people are most likely to try iCloud operating system and I person is most likely to try EyeOS . Below is the summary of the overall results in a pie chart diagram.

Each summary of the choices for the poll and the results are shown below:

A) Cloudo 50% (5 votes)

Cloudo is a cloud operating system which has been introduces as an open beta. This allows users to try the operating system for free. Users can run this cloud operating system on any computing platforms as long as you’re connected to the Internet. However, users have to ensure that the web browser used by the user is compatible to the operating system. This is because Cloudo might not be able to work on certain web browsers. Most of the user might want try out this operating system maybe because they use Mozilla Firefox web browser, as it is able to support the operating system. Furthermore, many reviews say that this cloud operating system has it on unique interface that doesn’t imitate other operating systems.

B) iCloud 40% (4 votes)

iCloud is a stable cloud desktop operating system. This operating system is not downloaded; it is run as a service. Hence, users will have to sign up for an account in order to use it. The sign up is free for users. Applications and files in the desktop of an iCloud operating system are run through the web browser. Since, it is run via the internet iCloud offers users with features such as sharing photos, music and videos. Some user might want to try out this operating system maybe because it is said to be one of the best cloud operating system with its own versatile features.

C) EyeOS 10% (1 vote)

EyeOS is an open source cloud desktop operating system. Users are able to download and install this software on any web server which supports WordPress or Drupal. EyeOS includes approximately 67 applications such as word processor, address book, PDF reader and system utilities. Just like other cloud operating system, EyeOS provides features like sharing files and online collaboration. However, many people may not want to try it because they will have to download and install the software in order to use their service.

What other cloud operating system you would like to try besides the ones on the option given above????

References:

Internet reference:

Cloudo, A simply beautiful operating system, [Online], Retrieved 6^th October 2010.

URL: http://www.osattack.com/cloud-computing/cloudo-a-simply-beautiful-operating-system/

3 Cloud Operating Systems You Can Use Right Now, [Online ], Retrieved 6^th October 2010.

URL: http://clouddb.info/2009/02/01/3-cloud-operating-systems-you-can-use-right-now/

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noreply@blogger.com (XinDee) — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:02:00 +0000

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Slide Show Presentation: How Cloud Computing Works?

noreply@blogger.com (funyen) — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:31:00 +0000

How Cloud Computing Works?

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Please refer to "How Cloud Computing Works?" for the original post.

Analysis Post Week 7

noreply@blogger.com (XinDee) — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:23:00 +0000

Link to us: http://sn.im/analysispoll7

The poll question for this week is "Does economy crisis promotes the use of Cloud Computing?". Above is a pie chart that shows the overall results of the poll. The total number of votes for this week's poll is 30 votes. Now, let's see whether most users agree or disagree with the statement.

Below is a summary of the choices for the poll and the results for each choice :

A) Agree 63% (19 votes)

This choice has received the highest number of votes which is 19 votes out of 30 votes. Most of the voters agreed that economy crisis can promote the use of Cloud Computing. This is because they are aware of the emerging technology that is soon becoming the next cutting-edge technology. Cloud Computing has became so common that always every Internet user has experienced cloud computing intentionally or unintentionally. For example, social networking websites which has been popular recently like Facebook, Myspace and others allows users to upload photos and videos to the "cloud" to share with other users. Moreover, economy crisis easily promotes the use of Cloud Computing because during economy crisis, such as recession, most companies want to save costs and reduce on spendings. Cloud Computing is one of the best solutions to their problems because they can keep their data all in the "cloud" or use cloud services like Google Docs for business applications. This benefits the company because they can save both hardware and software costs which are relative costly. Small organizations would also gladly use cloud computing to save both costs and space. Everything has been made simple and less costly with cloud computing.

B) Disagree 7% (2 votes)

There are a minority of voters which disagree to this statement. This may be because, even though cloud computing is constantly improving as time passes; however, it is very slow to being adopt by users. This is also proven in an article which reports that Spain is ready to accept Cloud Computing, but it is slow to adopt the technology. As mentioned in the article, it says that small and medium-sized business are shaken by the economy crisis, whereas the public are fighting against unemployment issues. For original article, visit this link -> Link . Thus, economy crisis might also be the factor that prevents Cloud Computing from growing fast.

C) Maybe 23% (7 votes)

23% of the total voters vote that maybe economy crisis helps promote Cloud Computing. This is because there is a possibility for either situation to happen. The voters might have thought that economy crisis most likely will help promote the use of Cloud Computing, but they are not very sure about the fact due to the concern of the setbacks that may cause the slow adoption of Cloud Computing. This hesitation caused the voters to be uncertain about the statement.

D) No Idea 7% (2 votes)

This group of voters might be unfamiliar with the Cloud Computing technology and thus have no clue about how economy crisis can relate to Cloud Computing. Perhaps, they understand Cloud Computing only on the surface but not in what are the advantages and disadvantages Cloud Computing can bring.

Different users have different opinions. Therefore, from the above analysis, most voters agreed that economy crisis promotes the use of Cloud Computing. Even though there is no definite answer to this question, the fact that economy crisis has influence over the growth of Cloud Computing does not change, regardless on how big the influence is. After reading this analysis, what are your thoughts? Which option will you choose? Is there a reason for your choice?

Reference:

Online reference:

The New York Times, Spain is ripe for Cloud Computing but Slow to Adopt. Retrieved on September 2010.
URL : http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/technology/20iht-spaincloud20.html?_r=1

How Cloud Computing Can Help Educational Institutions????

noreply@blogger.com (Tharmini) — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 02:40:00 +0000

Link us to: http://sn.im/cloud-education

As the Internet is evolving tremendously, it makes it easier to communicate and collaborate with other nowadays. This evolution has also contributed to the world of IT by providing low-cost and free technology services for publishing, collaborating, social interaction, editing, content creation and computing. Hence, this is an advantage to all students as they are able to use this internet technology in their learning process.

The Cloud Computing is able to provide services such as Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), which allows user to use computer application without having to purchase, install, or run software’s on their local computers or server. This means the software is being hosted remotely and the data is stored remotely. Moreover, users pay according to how much and how regularly they use the services.

Therefore, by implementing Cloud Computing in educational institutions, they can provide schools, colleges and universities with good education technology at a affordable price because they don’t have to purchase software only for single user, invest on a technology that possible will be outdated in time to come, or spend money on technical support . Furthermore, cloud computing service is flexible as it is scalable this is because Cloud computing allows you to extent as demands come and go or increase. Lastly, students and teachers are able to easily access and store data or any applications easily from anywhere as in cloud computing services are made publicly available.

Below is a short video on Cloud Computing for Education:

Hence do you thing Cloud Computing should be implemented in educational institution???

Reference:

Internet reference:

Cloud Computing for Education,[Online],Retrieved on 28 September 2010.

URL: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/279233/techtutor-2-cloud-computing-education

How Cloud Computing will Change Business?

noreply@blogger.com (funyen) — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:25:00 +0000

Link to us: http://sn.im/cloud-business

In 1990, in a keynote speech at the Comdex computer conference, Microsoft's (MSFT) then-chief executive, Bill Gates said, the world needed three things:

1. a more "personal" personal computer

2. more powerful communications networks

3. easy access to a broad range of information

Now, Bill Gates grand vision has finally become a reality only for businesses. While what pieces Bill Gates had in mind have been available for years, just they were expensive and hard to set up and use. Now more personal PC is here in the smart-phones form and mini-laptops form, and wireless networks make people possible to be connected almost anytime and anywhere their want. At the same time, we knowing and seeing the rise of cloud computing, the vast array of interconnected machines managing the data and software that used to run on PCs. Combine of mobile and cloud technologies is shaping up to be one of most significant advances computing universe in decades.

For IBM(International Business Machines), the change begins with encouraging its 400,000 employees to use tools that it has created based on consumer social-networking sites. After IBM tests new consumer-like cloud computing capabilities internally, it launches them as services for customers.

One of the most promising aspects of cloud computing is it enables the creation of so-called virtual personal assistants. These software confections know people's interests and needs and go off and do useful things for them on the Internet, like suggesting a restaurant for a client meeting or offering reminders of where you have taken the client before. With GPS(Global Positioning System) in smart-phones, computing systems know where we are. And with artificial intelligence software, computers can be taught what we expect of them and how to anticipate our needs.

Reference:

Internet reference:

URL:http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_24/b4135042942270.htm

Video Post :Cloud Computing in the Near Future

noreply@blogger.com (XinDee) — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:10:00 +0000

Link to us: http://sn.im/videocc

Reference:

Internet Reference:

Pew Research Center Publications: The Future of Cloud Computing. Retrieved on September 2010.
URL: http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1623/future-cloud-computing-technology-experts

Cloud Computing Info: 3 Cloud Operating Systems You Can Use Right Now.
Retrieved on September 2010.
URL: http://clouddb.info/2009/02/01/3-cloud-operating-systems-you-can-use-right-now/

Eye OS Official Website: Eye OS.Retrieved on September 2010.
URL: http://eyeos.org/

i Cloud Official Website: i Cloud.Retrieved on September 2010.
URL: http://icloud.com/en

Ghost.cc Official Website: g.ho.st.Retrieved on September 2010.
URL: http://ghost.cc/main.jsp?language=en

ポドキャスト：第ニ週分析結果　(Podcast 3)

noreply@blogger.com (XinDee) — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:39:00 +0000

Link to us: http://sn.im/podcast3jap

Title: Week 2 Analysis Post
Podcast Transript

みんなさん、おはよございます、こにちわ、こんばんわ。今日私は第二週に質問した問題のぶんせきけっかについてお話たいと思います。これから、私の友達がもっとくらしくして説明します。

その問題は「誰がクラウドコンピューティング(Cloud Computing)をせいふくするか」です。今、私がその投票結果を発表します。投票した数わ１１。

マイクロソフト(Microsoft)は２票、グーグル(Google)は５票、アマゾン(Amazon)１票、オラクルは(Oracle)０票、そして、IBMは３票でした。その結果について、グーグルの票数は一番高い。IBMは第二位でした。普通はマイクロソフトにていて、使用者はみんなたぶんマイクロソフトのアプリケーションソフト(Application Software)とシステムソフトウェア(System Software)に気ずいている。たとえば、マイクロソフトオフィス（Microsoft Office)。

そして、アマゾンにたいして、投票した人はたぶん、将来人々はただイーブクス(e-books)を買うためにでわなくて、ほかの物品をかう可能性もあると思います。

おどるいたのわ、オラクルはひとつの票数ももらってないということです。これはたぶんオラクルはマレーシャ(Malaysia)で人気がないかもしれません。

じゃあ、なぜグーグルの票数が一番高いですか？これは、エンドユーザ(end user)がもっとも知っていたのはグーグーるのサチエンジン(search engine)だ。それで、分析の結果を聞いたあとで、皆様はだれが未来にクラウドコンピューティングを征服するか？マイクロソフトか？グーグルか？アマゾンか？オラクルか？それとも、IBMですか？

Please refer Analysis Post Week 2 for original analysis in english.

云端运算的缺点 (Podcast 2)

noreply@blogger.com (funyen) — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:30:00 +0000

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Title: The Disadvantages of Cloud Computing
Podcast Transcript

云端运算的缺点

大家好，我姓曾，名叫繁源，是苏邦再也INTI学院DICT课程的学生。

今天，我将会提论有关云端运算的缺点。

第一，云端运算需要互联网（INTERNET）连接成功后方才能应用其中的程序或文件。尚若讯号很弱的话，那么云端运算也不能起任何作用。

第二，它只限制于高速互联网连接，例如宽平服务。如果是用拨号连接服务，我们就无法使用云端运算服务了。

第三，在云端运算所提供的程序功能里，很有可能受到限制。这是为了让使用者容易上手，省了不必要的麻烦。所以，它不得不把程序给简化。

最后的缺点，就是云端运算的安全设施与私隐的问题。因为我们不能确定储存在云端运算里的个人资料是否很容易让其他使用者侵入、应用或更改。虽然，云端运算的供应商否认其中的问题，并声称这程序的安全设施指标是很有保障的。

所以说，在应用云端运算之前，我们是否需要考虑到这些缺点呢？

我的言论到此为止，谢谢。

Please refer post" What to consider before leaping into Cloud Computing????" for original post in english.

Apa itu Cloud Komputing???? (Podcast1)

noreply@blogger.com (Tharmini) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:54:00 +0000

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Title: What is Cloud Computing????
Podcast Transcript

Selamat Sejahtera!!!

Saya Tharmini, pelajar Diploma dalam Networking & Security dari INTI Subang Jaya. Tujuan blog ini dicipta adalah untuk membawa kesedaran tentang teknologi Cloud Komputing kepada anda.

Hari Ini saya akan berbicara sedikit informasi tentang Cloud Komputing. Cloud Komputing merupakan salah satu teknologi terkini dalam bidang IT. Teknologi ini akan mengubah cara komputer dan internet sedang di gunakan dan meningkat kecekapan pengunaan komputer. Antara perubahan yang dibawa oleh teknologi ini adalah cara kami melayari program dan menyimpan maklumat dalam komputer.

Teknologi ini di panggil “Cloud” kerana program – program dijalankan dari server atau komputer melalui Internet. Oleh kerana itu, pengguna dapat menjalankan aplikasi di komputer lain asalkan mereka mempunyai sambungan internet.

Namun hingga ke hari ini, Cloud Komputing belum ditakrifkan dengan betul. Hal ini kerana perbezaan pendapat atas teknologi ini. Ada yang mengatakan cloud komputing sebagai pelayan virtual yang tersedia di Internet dan ada yang mengatakan cloud komputing merupakan network. Oleh itu, apakah pendapat anda tentang definisi cloud komputing?

Please refer to Post "What is Cloud Computing????" for original english post.

Rujukan:

Rujukan yang dicetak:
Kapil Bakshi.2009.Cisco Cloud Computing - Data Center Strategy, Architecture, and Soultions. Cisco, United States.

Analysis Post Week 4

noreply@blogger.com (Tharmini) — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:33:00 +0000

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This week’s poll question is about “Which Cloud Computing service do you prefer?” We have received total votes of 7. Whereby, 4 votes in favour of Windows Live Sky Drive and 3 vote in favour of Google Doc. A simplified version of this poll result is as below in a pie chart diagram.

Each percentage of votes is shown below:

A) Windows Live Sky Drive (4Votes – 57%)

B) Google Doc (3 Votes – 43%)

C) Show Document (0 Votes – 0%)

D) Opera Unite (0 Votes – 0%)

Based on the pie chart above the number of vote for Windows Live Sky Drive was the highest. Perhaps, this is because Windows live Sky Drive is popular among users due to its features compared to the other 3 options given. With Windows Live Sky Drive you are able to store and share photos, videos and documents online. You are also able to choose with who you would like to share and also access the photos and documents from any web browser as long as you have an Internet connection. Furthermore, the Windows Live Sky Drive has free office web application whereby you are able to create and work with others on the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents online.

On the other hand, the Google doc web application allows you to share, create, and access your work on Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Drawings and Forms from any web browser which is similar to the Windows Live Sky Drive office web application. However, unlike Windows Live Sky Drive, Google doc is not able to support features like sharing photos and videos. This maybe the reason to why it is not so popular compared to the Windows Live Sky Drive.

The Show Document web application that allows web meeting and document sharing. This web application allows you to upload, share and view documents, web pages and images stored in your computer. It has a shared whiteboard that allows you to share ideas and information with others using a real time interactive whiteboard. You can also can simultaneously write and edit text or word files with others. However, this is a new web application many users don’t know about as it is new. This application will be useful tool for office workers and students to discuss their work.

The Opera Unite is a new web application that allows you to share content with friends without having to upload anything to the website. This web application is able to support features such as music streaming, photo galleries, share files and also host your own website directly from your browser from anywhere and anytime. Since it is new, users may not be aware of this Opera Unite we application.

Lastly, on behalf of the iCloud9 team I would like to thank all those who participated on the poll. We hope that you will continue to participate in our upcoming polls. Hence, what other web application do you prefer besides the 4 option that was given?

Google in The "Clouds"

noreply@blogger.com (XinDee) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:28:00 +0000

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Being one of the major leading organizations in the field of cloud computing, Google offers cloud services through Google Apps. Google Apps is a general term referring to Google’s web-based applications. Certain Google Apps requires users to pay an amount of fees before users can user the function, whereas some are available for free. Until now, Google and Microsoft are leading cloud computing service providers that are competing to monopolize the cloud computing market. Thus, the applications’ overall features are somewhat similar to one another but with different names. Here is the list of Google Apps, their functions and the equivalent application in Microsoft:

Gmail - Gmail is an e-mail service that has a storage capacity of 25GB with spam filter and enhanced e-mail security features. Works just like Windows Live Hotmail.

Google Calendar - Allows users to mark, and manage eventful dates through an online calendar.

Google Docs - Allows users to create documents, spreadsheets, drawings and presentations online. It is the Google version of Microsoft Office.

Google Groups – Allows users to categorize contacts into groups for mailing lists, easy content sharing and for easy searching. Users can manage contacts according to different categories such as Family, Friends, Colleagues and others.

Google Sites – Allows users to create secured and coding-free web pages for intranets and team manageable sites. This eases most users because users don’t have to learn coding.

Google Video - Provides private and secured video sharing functions. Users can share videos online

Here are some of the other Google Apps applications: http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/#utm_medium=et&utm_source=catch_all

There are also different editions of Google Apps, which are for premier, education, standard and others. The standard version of Google Apps is available for the public for free. Many features are not available in this edition. The applications available for this edition includes Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Sites, and Google Docs. The user accounts allowed per organization is also limited to maximum 50 users. The setbacks makes it unsuitable for bigger organizations.

Google Apps for Business also known as the Premier Edition offers better, powerful, office tools to ease business uses. It maximizes in business tools and is suitable for business of any sizes including big organizations The business edition requires a monthly payment before companies can use the applications. However, it enables many functions that are limited in the standard edition. Other than the full package of Google Apps, it also includes customer support services.

Next, Google Apps for Education provides email and collaboration tools to help students and lecturers. It focuses mainly on collaboration and communication applications such as email, integrated video chat, shared document, and easy customization to fit in the school's systems. It is provided for free and also is advertisement free (ad-free).

All these applications are run on the service provider’s servers, the ‘cloud’. Users can just run these applications in web browsers without downloading any files.Most of us have heard or used these services before. There are also other less popular cloud services provided by smaller organizations. However, the services might have as much features as cloud services provided by major cloud service providers. Are you a Google cloud service user or a Microsoft cloud service user or both?

Reference:

Internet Reference:

Google Apps: Google Apps,
Retrieved on September 2010.

URL: http://www.google.com/apps/

Google Apps for Business: Google Apps,
Retrieved on September 2010.

URL: http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en-sg/business/

Google Apps Standard Edition: Google Apps, Retrieved on September 2010.

URL:http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en-sg/group/index.html

Microsoft in Cloud Computing

noreply@blogger.com (funyen) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:30:00 +0000

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Microsoft is one of the major cloud computing service providers of today. Just like Amazon, Google and other organizations that provide cloud computing services, Microsoft provides both free and paid cloud services, each for different target users. The products of Microsoft that are cloud-based are Windows Live and Microsoft Cloud Services. Windows Live is a collection of Microsoft softwares which majority of the softwares are web-based applications. The applications consists of both types of applications whereby some run directly on browsers while others have to be downloaded and run on the users' computer. Windows Live consists of Hotmail, Messenger, Essentials, SkyDrive, and Mobile. On the other hand, Microsoft Cloud Services consists of the cloud services that Microsoft offers. The cloud services provided are Window Azure Platform, Business Productivity Online Services (BPOS) and Service Provider Licensing Agreement (SPLA).

We are not going to go very deep into each and every cloud services that Microsoft offers, because it might be very confusing for the general public to understand. In short, here is a list of brief descriptions that describes the functions mentioned earlier:

Windows Live

Hotmail : Provides e-mail services for users to compose mail, attach files, categorize contacts and others.
Essentials : A downloadable package of free programs for users to manage photos and videos, chat online, e-mail, blog and also control Internet activity. Examples of programs included is Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Movie Maker, Windows Live Photo Gallery and others.
SkyDrive :Provides online storage for users to store files and also share the stored files all for free. It currently provides 25GB of storage capacity.
Mobile :Compressed version of Windows Live for mobile phones. Users can use Windows Live services through mobile phones.

Microsoft Cloud Computing

As mentioned above, the components of Windows Azure Platform are Windows Azure, SQL Azure Database and Windows Azure Platform AppFabric. The function of Windows Azure Platform is that it acts as a server appliance for complete outsourcing and private/on-premise cloud. Each component has its own task, which are:

Windows Azure: Provides a Windows-based environment for data store and running applications on servers in Microsoft data centers.
SQL Azure Database: Provides cloud based database services on SQL Server.
Windows Azure Platform AppFabric: Provides cloud services for connecting applications running in the cloud or on premises.

Next, Business Productivity Online Services (BPOS) Standard Suite includes Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Office Live Meeting, Office Communications Online and Dynamics CRM Online. Each of this application has its own specialist that is:

Exchange Online: For Enterprise standard email services.
SharePoint Online: For file sharing.
Office Live Meeting: For conducting real-time meetings online.
Office Communications Online: Provides communication for big organizations or business uses.
Dynamics CRM Online: Mainly for Customer Relationship Management.

All these application services can only be accessed online as Microsoft is the sole service provider.

Lastly, Service Provider Licensing Agreement (SPLA), is defined from Splaindia as:

A simple pay-as-you-go subscription model to all service providers and Independent Software Vendors (ISV) who offers Software as a Service (SaaS)... billed on a per user per month basis.
( http://www.splaindia.com/website/BenefitsSPLA.aspx, Sep 2010)

The SPLA model decreases customers’ acquisition and operating costs, while improving the accessibility and productivity of the service. We will explain more on Saas services and other types of services in later posts.

All this services are contributions of Microsoft to in the Cloud Computing field. As for Microsoft users why not try it as the application can lead and guide users step by step to understand and use Cloud Computing better. Have you tried any of these services? What are your reviews of these services? Have you ever come across any other better cloud computing services?

Reference:

Internet Reference:

The Citrix Blog: What is Microsoft Cloud Computing, Retrieved on August 2010.

URL: http://community.citrix.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=143917889

Windows Azure Platform: Products, Retrieved on August 2010.

URL: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/products/

Microsoft Cloud Services: Cloud Services,

Retrieved on August 2010.

URL: http://www.microsoft.com/cloud/default.aspx

Windows Live: Windows Live, Retrieved on August 2010.

URL: http://explore.live.com/home

Kryptos: Microsoft SPLA, Retrieved on August 2010.
URL: http://www.splaindia.com/website/BenefitsSPLA.aspx

Analysis Post Week 3

noreply@blogger.com (funyen) — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:20:00 +0000

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This will be our third poll question analysis result, which is “What is the difference between cloud computing and "regular" hosting?’. We have received 5 votes from our guests. To ease the view of the results we have simplified the result into a pie chart as below:

Each percentage of votes is shown below:

A) Is it fully virtualised (0 votes – 0%)

B) Allows self-personalising (1 votes – 20%)

C) Price depends on the utilised resources (3 votes – 60%)

D) No Difference (1 votes – 20%)

From the pie chart, we can clearly see that “Price depends on the utilised resources” as the choice has highest percentage in the votes which cover 60% of the total. As most people know cloud computing system mainly is free of charge and most “regular” hosting is not free of charge as an example, to host standard website the provider has given limited disc space. The second highest vote is “Allows self-personalising” and “No Difference” which both have cover 20% each of total. From my view those who chose this two choice is because they might not be familiar about cloud computing or “regular” hosting. Majority of people already know cloud computing and “regular” hosting sure have difference from the name and even both systems have similar features. Lastly, the option of “Is it fully virtualised” had not been voted by anyone which covers 0% of the total. Everyone knows that there is no system that let users fully virtualise it because of its security for other user and developer.

Finally, we appreciate and would like to thank all of you who participated in the last poll. We sincerely hope that you will continue to participate in our future polls. For those who did not participate in the previous poll, you still have choice in our next poll. Come see our blog frequently you may give us some suggestion to improve our blog.

What to consider before leaping into Cloud Computing????

noreply@blogger.com (Tharmini) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:57:00 +0000

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Now that you have known the advantages of cloud computing. Today I will be writing on the disadvantages of Cloud Computing. Hence, let’s look at the few threats associated to cloud computing as you may want consider them before using the cloud computing services.

One of the disadvantages of cloud computing is it requires Internet connection to be able to access your application and files. If the Internet connection is weak, you will encounter problems or will not be able to run any application or files. This is simply because cloud computing does not function without the Internet connection.

The second disadvantage is, it is not compatible to run on low speed connection such as dial-up connection. The cloud computing requires a larger bandwidth to be able to run web- based application and also download any data as this programs take up a lot of bandwidth.

The third disadvantage is, all application features in cloud computing might be limited in order to allow user to access the application easily. For instance, the Microsoft Power Point has more features compare to the Google Presentation’s. Sometimes too many features on the application causes the program not to function efficiently.

Another disadvantage of cloud computing is the security issue. This is because there have been questions asked on whether data’s stored in cloud are secured or could be easily accessed by unauthorised users? Still, the debate on this issue is going on as most of the cloud computing service providers claim that it is secured.

Hence, what is your opinion on the disadvantages of cloud computing??? Is there any other thing you may want to consider before using cloud computing services???

Reference:

Internet reference:

Cloud Computing Pros and Cons for End Users, InformIT, [Online], Retrieved on 31 August 2010.

URL: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1324280&seqNum=2

What's good about Cloud Computing??

noreply@blogger.com (XinDee) — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:03:00 +0000

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No technology is perfect. Everything in the world has its pros and cons. Being one of the cutting edge technologies of today's world, cloud computing also brings both good and bad. Let's take a look at the advantages of cloud computing. Below is a summary of the advantages of cloud computing:

Advantages of Cloud Computing (click the image to enlarge)

One of the major advantages of cloud computing is that it lowers costs. All cloud services, applications or softwares are web-based, which means they all run on the "cloud". Thus, users do not need to have high end computers to run the applications. Users can simply run the web-based applications smoothly even though the computer has less memory, low processing power, small hard disk and other limited resources. Users also do not need to purchase expensive software applications because most of the applications are available for free through cloud computing. For example, one of Google's cloud services Google Docs suite is for free and the premium edition for businesses also costs a lot cheaper than Microsoft Office suite. Maintenance costs are also lowered because there is no hardware required and the softwares are all available from the "cloud". Therefore, Cloud Computing can lower the costs for hardwares and also softwares.

Other than that, it also improves the computer's performance. It doesn't improve the computer performance directly, but indirectly. This is because when all files and software-based applications are stored and run in the 'cloud', there are less heavy programs utilizing the computer's resources. Computers can then boot up and run faster because there are less processes to be loaded. At the same time, the probability of computer hang to occur will also decrease.

Having unlimited storage capacity is also one of the advantages of cloud computing. This is also one of the major advantages of cloud computing that is very commonly used by users nowadays. All the data are stored in a virtual storage space which can store up to hundreds of petabytes, whereby one petabyte is approximately one million gigabyte. Users do not have to worry about the limited storage space to store their important files. Besides being able to store a massive amount of data, cloud computing storage is also relatively reliable. In normal situations, there is a huge risk of important data loss if all the data is stored in one computer without any external backup. However, if the data is stored in the "cloud", even if the computer crashes, the data still remains in the "cloud" and is accessible from any device anywhere and anytime. In short, cloud computing also allows the files to be accessed universally. That is why it is encouraged that users store an extra backup with cloud computing.

These are just a few examples of what cloud computing can do. There are still many more advantages of cloud computing like improved document format compatibility, device independence, easier group discussion or group collaboration and others. Here is a short video explaining on what is cloud computing in simple terms and also the advantage of cloud computing for having reliable data storage with the help of simple drawings:

What other advantages of cloud computing can you think of? Do you have any objections upon the above stated advantages?

Reference:

Printed Reference:

Michael Miller. 2009. Cloud Computing: Web-Based Applications That Change the Way You Work and Collaborate Online. Que Publishing, United States.

Internet Reference:

WebHostingReport: The Advantages of Cloud Computing

URL:http://www.webhostingreport.com/learn/advantages-of-cloud-computing.html

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ポドキャスト：第ニ週分析結果 (Podcast 3)

云端运算的缺点 (Podcast 2)

Apa itu Cloud Komputing???? (Podcast1)

Analysis Post Week 4

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Microsoft in Cloud Computing

Analysis Post Week 3

What to consider before leaping into Cloud Computing????

What's good about Cloud Computing??

ポドキャスト：第ニ週分析結果　(Podcast 3)