Google and IBM began their alliance a couple of years ago in a rather unusual way. IBM CEO Sam Palmisano called up Google CEO Eric Schmidt and asked about distributed computing. Google wanted no part in the matter, but something apparently sparked its interest since the companies began a partnership at that time.
The companies have now announced a plan they consider to be the prominent IT delivery model of the future, and it’s called cloud computing. The cloud computing environment runs on Linux and includes Xen virtualization and an Apache implementation of the Google File System called Hadoop. The infrastructure would allow the companies to deliver software and services to consumer and business users.
The service has been tested by several universities, including Carnegie Mellon, MIT, and Stanford, and is now ready for public distribution. Consumers and businesses should have access to the worldwide network of servers within the next year.
The IBM/Google cloud initiative would compete with Microsoft’s software-plus-services strategy.
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Will it work?
I also to look forward to seeing this, it could be a huge step forward in web 2.0 services. However, I'm not 100% that it will work. But with such huge companies developing and backing it, it more than likely will.
Isso eu já previa há 1 ano atrás.
Bom, isso eu já previa há 1 ano.
Agora, para a Microsoft não quebrar, terá que disponibilizar algo como Windows Online.
A great step forward in Web
A great step forward in Web 2.0 services with two of the largest technology companies combining. I look forward to see the results of this cloud computing infrastructure which seems to be getting a lot of attention.
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