Island Dog

Join Date 06/2003

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AMD to Host Discussion on Cloud Based Computing

I just saw a release from AMD, about them hosting a discussion about the case for Businesses and Cloud Computing.

“At tomorrow’s IDC Cloud Computing Forum in San Francisco, AMD (NYSE: AMD) will host a panel discussion on “Building the Business Case for Cloud Computing: Understanding the Opportunities and Benefits.” Representatives from Accenture, Amazon, AMD, Red Hat, The Shumacher Group, and IDC analyst Frank Gens will discuss strategies to successfully plot and initiate a cloud computing course. In addition, panelists will explore how cloud computing helps companies advance capacity and capabilities without significantly increasing investments.

“As datacenter demands continue to evolve toward web-based application and data delivery, IT costs and energy consumption can sky rocket. We believe businesses can see both cost-savings and workload efficiencies with a cloud computing environment, particularly when utilizing scalable, high value, power-efficient AMD platforms,” said Margaret Lewis, director, commercial software solutions and strategy, AMD. “Next quarter, AMD will take energy-efficient computing to the next level by introducing an even lower power processor specifically designed for the unique demands of cloud computing environments.”

AMD virtualization technology innovation is also driving the evolution of cloud computing infrastructure with OEM, software and channel partners. Details of the leading SPECweb 2005 performance benchmark posted by VMware are included in the current AMD@work blog post, and insights on past and current trends influencing today’s CCEs can be found at AMD@Virtualization.”

Cloud computing has been getting a lot more attention over the last few months. What’s your opinion on it, and do you think it will help businesses in terms of technology and service?

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I sometimes don't see the use of outsourceing basic stuff from a company, just because it might be cheaper. For computing, I like distributing work to all the company's PCs, workstations and some servers better than sending it off somewhere. That would be a more desktop-based approach, like BOINC

Using the allready existing resources better is more important than pushing another centralized outsourceing solution forward.

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ZubaZ

Join Date 11/2001

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I see "cloud" computing and think "mainframe" and "dumb terminals" and "thin clients".

All are good things form a certain point of view and one I support to a degree.

I'm OK with cloud computing but I'd rather have my data backed up where I can see it. And when the cloud isn't there, I still need to work.

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Heavenfall

Join Date 07/2008

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I think the solutions will attract a very specific kind of customer, and it won't be gamers. I myself frequently work on a remote desktop set up in my home. Togheter with mobile broadband, this could be the start of a new era regarding how computers are seen. Or it could be a minor footnote. I think which way it goes will fall on how well the applications produced for this specific need are made, to fit a target audience with relatively low demands. Ultimately, and I know some will disagree with this, if they can produce competitive complete products (~full systems) at a lower end-price for the consumer than the current options, the sky is the limit.

Does anyone remember that movie where they produce a flashlight and it's a whole computer? That's what I am thinking this is a step towards (specifically, two of the features of the flashlight were storage and processing "online").

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I think lightning, storms and colliding weather systems.

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Didn't Microsoft recently register a patent for something like this? Will the computers start to devolve back to the way they used to be, as Zubaz mentioned? As an about to graduate professional, i find this deveploment very interesting.

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CobraA1

Join Date 09/2006

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I see "cloud" computing and think "mainframe" and "dumb terminals" and "thin clients".

Yeah, I see this as well.

And in all honesty - what's good for businesses isn't always good for us home users. Frankly, the 100% internet is a bit of a dream, and there are still security, privacy, latency, bandwidth, trust, etc etc etc issues.

Frankly, I don't think it's even a philosophically good idea to go 100% cloud computing. There's nothing inherently evil or wrong about offline or hybrid applications. I just don't get why people are so driven to make this happen to everything under the sun.

I can understand it for some applications. But everything? Really? Why? And why 100% "eventually?" Why not eventually hybrid? What's so horrific about offline computing that we have to think that 100 or 1000 years from now we'll all be "100% on the cloud?"

Frankly, I think it's more dogma than sense.

My opinion is that 100-1000 years from now, we're going to be using systems that will seamlessly work both online and offline. Hybrid systems with seamless synchronization. That's my vision, and IMHO it makes a lot more sense.

And franky, some things may never be totally or even partially online, even 1000 years from now. Sensitive medical info, business trade secrets, and classified information are things that will always make sense to remain isolated from the general Internet.

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