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Saturday, October 25, 2008
People are Computers
The Economist today contains a Special Report on Corporate IT that says that the first 'computers' were actually real people who solved equations in large companies (for example, working in aviation). The term 'computer' only later described electronic hardware.
The same special report refers to a McKinsey report that says that only 6% of server capacity is used. This is hardly too surprising since enterprise architects need to design for peak loads and provide backups and failover. But the really surprising fact is that nearly 30% of servers are no longer in use - at all!
Labels: Cloud Computing
Friday, August 01, 2008
Dell Invents and Patents "Cloud Computing"
The Industry Standard has posted in
interesting story about Dell trademark the term 'cloud computing'. The story makes it clear that it's not a specific configuration or design - they want to own the term 'cloud computing' in general. While you can't blame the lawyers for not knowing any better, it means that there is at least a few technical staff in Dell that honestly believe that they invented cloud computing? And no, I checked, and the article is dated August 1st, not April 1st.
Labels: Cloud Computing
