The US broadcasting regulator has announced it will make unused television airwaves available for new "super wi-fi" technology. In a statement, the Federal Communications Commission described the spectrum between television channels as "prime real estate" for mobile devices. It hopes the move will turn swathes of the country into giant wi-fi hot spots. Officials also said it would encourage innovation and job growth and make the US more competitive globally.
"It will enhance our economy and strengthen our global competitiveness, lead to billions of dollars in private investment and to valuable new products and services - some we can imagine, and many we can't," Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski said in a statement after the commission's unanimous vote. The FCC said the move marked the first time in more than two decades a large band of spectrum had been opened. The airwaves became vacant last year when the US moved to an all-digital television broadcast system. Technology firms are eager to begin using the airwaves, in part because signals in that spectrum can travel several miles, penetrate walls and allow large transfers of data. The move came after several successful pilot programmes across the US, Mr Genachowski said. Wilmington, in the state of North Carolina, for example, has experimented with "smart city" applications to manage traffic and water quality.
Some broadcasters fear the move will interfere with their operations, including wireless microphones used to report news.
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Thursday, 29 April 2010
Cloud Computing to Grow to "Billions and Billions"
No Matter How You Measure It, Cloud Computing is Getting Big
The BBC recently intoned that Cloud Computing's role in software development will double its revenues in the UK by 2012 and exceen 1 billion British pounds ($1.5 billion). Cloud currently consumes about 7.5 percent of an 8-billion-pound ($12-billion) market; its growth is said to be predicated on the growth of Google Apps.
Meanwhile, IDC came out late last year with a prediction that Cloud Computing services will maintain a CAGR of 26 percent through 2013, rising to a total in excess of $44 billion worldwide. These numbers encompass application software, application development and deployment software, systems infrastructure software, and server and disk storage capacity; they don't consider private-cloud installations.
IDC's Mary Johnston Turner, research director for enterprise system management software at IDC, said in announcing the IDC numbers, "As more and more organizations implement public cloud and SaaS solutions they will need access to monitoring capabilities that provide end-to-end visibility across internally run applications and public services and can be deployed just as quickly as the services they are monitoring."
Then there is the forecast from Global Industry Analysts, which says Cloud Computing will be a $222.5 billion per year industry by 2014.
By whatever measure, the momentum of Cloud Computing from Cloud Expo in New York in late April will continue, with the next events coming up in Prague June 21-22 and Santa Clara November 1-4.
A Rock Star Faculty, Top Keynotes, Sessions, and Top Delegates!
Cloud Expo 2010 West, November 1-4, Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading Cloud industry players in the world.
The growth and success of Cloud Computing will be on display at the upcoming Cloud Expo conferences and exhibitions in Prague June 21-22 and Santa Clara November 1-4.
The recent Cloud Expo at the Javits Center in New York City was the largest Cloud Computing conference ever produced, more sponsors, exhibitors and delegates than all other Cloud events of the year combined!
The four-day Santa Clara event will attract more than 6,000 delegates from 48 countries and over 200 sponsors and exhibitors on a 120,000 sq ft show floor, larger than Cloud Expo 2010 East, New York City event!
All main layers of the Cloud ecosystem will be represented in the6th and 7th International Cloud Expo - the infrastructure players, the platform providers, and those offering applications, and they'll all be here to speak, sponsor, exhibit and network.
"Cloud Expo was announced on February 24, 2007, the day the term ‘cloud computing' was coined," said Fuat Kircaali, founder and chairman of SYS-CON Events, Inc. "Cloud has become synonymous with ‘computing' and ‘software' in two short years, and this event has become the new PC Expo, Comdex, and InternetWorld of our decade. By 2012, more than 50,000 delegates per year will attending Cloud Expo."
Original Article - Cloud Computing Journal
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The BBC recently intoned that Cloud Computing's role in software development will double its revenues in the UK by 2012 and exceen 1 billion British pounds ($1.5 billion). Cloud currently consumes about 7.5 percent of an 8-billion-pound ($12-billion) market; its growth is said to be predicated on the growth of Google Apps.
Meanwhile, IDC came out late last year with a prediction that Cloud Computing services will maintain a CAGR of 26 percent through 2013, rising to a total in excess of $44 billion worldwide. These numbers encompass application software, application development and deployment software, systems infrastructure software, and server and disk storage capacity; they don't consider private-cloud installations.
IDC's Mary Johnston Turner, research director for enterprise system management software at IDC, said in announcing the IDC numbers, "As more and more organizations implement public cloud and SaaS solutions they will need access to monitoring capabilities that provide end-to-end visibility across internally run applications and public services and can be deployed just as quickly as the services they are monitoring."
Then there is the forecast from Global Industry Analysts, which says Cloud Computing will be a $222.5 billion per year industry by 2014.
By whatever measure, the momentum of Cloud Computing from Cloud Expo in New York in late April will continue, with the next events coming up in Prague June 21-22 and Santa Clara November 1-4.
A Rock Star Faculty, Top Keynotes, Sessions, and Top Delegates!
Cloud Expo 2010 West, November 1-4, Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading Cloud industry players in the world.
The growth and success of Cloud Computing will be on display at the upcoming Cloud Expo conferences and exhibitions in Prague June 21-22 and Santa Clara November 1-4.
The recent Cloud Expo at the Javits Center in New York City was the largest Cloud Computing conference ever produced, more sponsors, exhibitors and delegates than all other Cloud events of the year combined!
The four-day Santa Clara event will attract more than 6,000 delegates from 48 countries and over 200 sponsors and exhibitors on a 120,000 sq ft show floor, larger than Cloud Expo 2010 East, New York City event!
All main layers of the Cloud ecosystem will be represented in the6th and 7th International Cloud Expo - the infrastructure players, the platform providers, and those offering applications, and they'll all be here to speak, sponsor, exhibit and network.
"Cloud Expo was announced on February 24, 2007, the day the term ‘cloud computing' was coined," said Fuat Kircaali, founder and chairman of SYS-CON Events, Inc. "Cloud has become synonymous with ‘computing' and ‘software' in two short years, and this event has become the new PC Expo, Comdex, and InternetWorld of our decade. By 2012, more than 50,000 delegates per year will attending Cloud Expo."
Original Article - Cloud Computing Journal
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Monday, 19 April 2010
Privacy and trust up in the cloud (BBC Article on Cloud Computing)
Fifteen years ago people carried their documents around on floppy discs, then many people switched to memory sticks, and now a few are turning to the cloud.
Cloud computing means the ability to access, change and interact with data on any platform with a net connection, including on smartphones.
These online services require no software purchase and installation and most run via a browser. Users can pick from the growing number of cloud-based offerings, such as Google Docs and Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).
Evernote is another system where various pieces of information, such as webpages, business cards and text notes can be collected into virtual and searchable notebooks.
But there are concerns that storing personal data on a server somewhere in cyberspace could pose a major threat to the privacy of individuals.
Phil Libin, Evernote's boss, said his firm offers a two-tiered approach to security.
"Premium users have all of their data go over SSL [encryption], kind of like an online banking site. Free users currently are sending data back and forth just over http - the standard way that the web operates," he said.
"Your username and password is always kept encrypted. We don't see what your password is, we can't unencrypt it - no one will ever ask for it," he added.
Trust value
Dropbox has more than four million customers who can upload digital content which is permanently synced across a number of their devices.
Adam Gross, senior vice president of marketing for the storage service said the cloud needs the trust of users.
Mike Elgan from Computerworld.com
Mike Elgan from Computerworld.com said the cloud needs the users' trust
"I think with any cloud computing service, it's important that the provider have a trusted relationship with those people using the service," he said.
He believes the cloud is "helping people keep their files backed up and safe and secure, rather than the old model where each individual PC user had to be responsible for it alone."
Mike Elgan from Computerworld.com warned users against being too trusting.
"Services say give us all your data and use the applications from the internet, and don't worry about anything, we'll take care of the security. It's a value proposition based on you trusting the provider," he said.
"What we've learned recently is that no matter how trustworthy the provider is, it's never as secure or bullet proof as you might think it is," he added.
Cloud danger
Unlike Dropbox and Evernote, some services do not synchronise data to personal computers and are based solely in the cloud.
An internet connection failure, or infrastructure downtime, is enough to cut people off from their files on these systems.
Many students have become heavy users of the free collaborative online tools that are based in the cloud. This has prompted some colleges to go as far as banning cloud computing completely.
I think with any cloud computing service, it's important that the provider have a trusted relationship with those people using the service
Phil Libin, Evernote
Others like the University of San Francisco have to send out constant reminders that trouble on the net is unacceptable as a classroom excuse.
Chris Brooks, an associate professor at the University of San Francisco, said: "I'll tell students 'this [site] may go down, don't do your homework at the last minute. Just like the library might be closed at 2am on Saturday morning when you want to do your homework'".
"It's another way of learning responsibility," he said. "But I do think you have to be explicit with them that this is not always a 24/7 thing, so plan ahead."
Limited options
Not relying on the cloud entirely is one concern, but critics advise students to ponder on the physical location of their work, issues over ownership, and the rising fees for accessing it.
These factors may have to be taken into account by governments too in the future, and legislation could be needed to define new parameters for consumers.
Moving information to a virtual computer puts someone else in control of security, and there is an ever-present risk from hackers.
Mr Elgan from Computerworld.com said there was a lack of options.
"Keeping data locally or to manage all of its backup and maintenance yourself is also fraught with hazards. The hackers are going to go wherever the data is including on your own system," he said.
"The problems of managing an increasingly complex body of data is very daunting and that's one of the appealing things about cloud computing," he added.
Original Article - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/8625625.stm
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Cloud computing means the ability to access, change and interact with data on any platform with a net connection, including on smartphones.
These online services require no software purchase and installation and most run via a browser. Users can pick from the growing number of cloud-based offerings, such as Google Docs and Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).
Evernote is another system where various pieces of information, such as webpages, business cards and text notes can be collected into virtual and searchable notebooks.
But there are concerns that storing personal data on a server somewhere in cyberspace could pose a major threat to the privacy of individuals.
Phil Libin, Evernote's boss, said his firm offers a two-tiered approach to security.
"Premium users have all of their data go over SSL [encryption], kind of like an online banking site. Free users currently are sending data back and forth just over http - the standard way that the web operates," he said.
"Your username and password is always kept encrypted. We don't see what your password is, we can't unencrypt it - no one will ever ask for it," he added.
Trust value
Dropbox has more than four million customers who can upload digital content which is permanently synced across a number of their devices.
Adam Gross, senior vice president of marketing for the storage service said the cloud needs the trust of users.
Mike Elgan from Computerworld.com
Mike Elgan from Computerworld.com said the cloud needs the users' trust
"I think with any cloud computing service, it's important that the provider have a trusted relationship with those people using the service," he said.
He believes the cloud is "helping people keep their files backed up and safe and secure, rather than the old model where each individual PC user had to be responsible for it alone."
Mike Elgan from Computerworld.com warned users against being too trusting.
"Services say give us all your data and use the applications from the internet, and don't worry about anything, we'll take care of the security. It's a value proposition based on you trusting the provider," he said.
"What we've learned recently is that no matter how trustworthy the provider is, it's never as secure or bullet proof as you might think it is," he added.
Cloud danger
Unlike Dropbox and Evernote, some services do not synchronise data to personal computers and are based solely in the cloud.
An internet connection failure, or infrastructure downtime, is enough to cut people off from their files on these systems.
Many students have become heavy users of the free collaborative online tools that are based in the cloud. This has prompted some colleges to go as far as banning cloud computing completely.
I think with any cloud computing service, it's important that the provider have a trusted relationship with those people using the service
Phil Libin, Evernote
Others like the University of San Francisco have to send out constant reminders that trouble on the net is unacceptable as a classroom excuse.
Chris Brooks, an associate professor at the University of San Francisco, said: "I'll tell students 'this [site] may go down, don't do your homework at the last minute. Just like the library might be closed at 2am on Saturday morning when you want to do your homework'".
"It's another way of learning responsibility," he said. "But I do think you have to be explicit with them that this is not always a 24/7 thing, so plan ahead."
Limited options
Not relying on the cloud entirely is one concern, but critics advise students to ponder on the physical location of their work, issues over ownership, and the rising fees for accessing it.
These factors may have to be taken into account by governments too in the future, and legislation could be needed to define new parameters for consumers.
Moving information to a virtual computer puts someone else in control of security, and there is an ever-present risk from hackers.
Mr Elgan from Computerworld.com said there was a lack of options.
"Keeping data locally or to manage all of its backup and maintenance yourself is also fraught with hazards. The hackers are going to go wherever the data is including on your own system," he said.
"The problems of managing an increasingly complex body of data is very daunting and that's one of the appealing things about cloud computing," he added.
Original Article - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/8625625.stm
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