OSNews is Exploring the Future of Computing

Linked by snydeq on Wed 14th Oct 2009 10:38 UTC

Canonical's Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition will include private cloud capabilities, thanks to support for the open source Eucalyptus project, InfoWorld reports. Available for free download on Oct. 29, Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition will introduce Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud, an open source cloud computing environment based on the same APIs as Amazon EC2. Users will be able to set up 10 to 15 private servers, leveraging the same capabilities they would use with Amazon, thereby allowing them to take their applications off the Amazon cloud and put them instead into a private cloud, or vice versa

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RE[3]: Comment by marcp

by DrillSgt on Wed 14th Oct 2009 13:47 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: Comment by marcp"

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And for those preaching "the cloud is a fad" need to think back in history when instant messaging was a also a fad that would "never catch on in the business world". It will evolve over time, but it is here to stay, especially as it gets harder to differentiate between local networks and the Internet.

I'm not preaching the cloud is a fad, as it has already been used for years. Instant messaging at work though will normally get a person fired, so it still has not caught on in the business world.

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