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macPhallus
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Well, I think I could class myself as a cloud computing user.
I have had gMail since the start, and have followed the development of Goggle Docs.
The real clincher for me though was Goggle chrome. Since I installed chrome, I think I have only opened MSWord 3 times and MSExcel twice.
Goggle Docs are now stable and fast, well integrated, easy to publish and share but most importantly, if I am working on some documentation and get called to a clients office, I can continue working no my documents whilst waiting for servers to reboot etc.
I have also started playing around with Python and Goggle Apps engine, both as a way to integrate applications and desktop and as a way to generate massively scalable web apps with free hosting.
Surprisingly in all this,I have not seen a significant increase in the bandwidth I use, in fact if anything it has dropped as I am no longer uploading and downloading documents, Downloading every attachment I get in email etc.
I suggest you give it a try, privacy may be an issue for some, but most of the documents and applications work I do in goggle is eventually going to be posted in the public domain anyway.
I have had gMail since the start, and have followed the development of Goggle Docs.
The real clincher for me though was Goggle chrome. Since I installed chrome, I think I have only opened MSWord 3 times and MSExcel twice.
Goggle Docs are now stable and fast, well integrated, easy to publish and share but most importantly, if I am working on some documentation and get called to a clients office, I can continue working no my documents whilst waiting for servers to reboot etc.
I have also started playing around with Python and Goggle Apps engine, both as a way to integrate applications and desktop and as a way to generate massively scalable web apps with free hosting.
Surprisingly in all this,I have not seen a significant increase in the bandwidth I use, in fact if anything it has dropped as I am no longer uploading and downloading documents, Downloading every attachment I get in email etc.
I suggest you give it a try, privacy may be an issue for some, but most of the documents and applications work I do in goggle is eventually going to be posted in the public domain anyway.
vodacom3g
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Cool, any architecture needs early adopters!
The biggest hurdle will be a factor of trust with this architecture. You'll have to trust the provider your data is safe and secure, the applications will always be on-line and you'll always be connected.
So the early adopters will be individuals and small businesses with medium sized SME's following. Enterprise might well end up with this architecture (they've been playing with thin clients for a few years now), but they'll want to own the 'cloud', at least for the foreseeable future.
IMO, cloud computing has been here for a while already. Just not for the open public with regards to all the applications we would use at the office.
I would think any company running Citrix (or something like it) in their centralised server farm, is enjoying the same benefits?
And here in lies my problem with cloud computing, you put a hell of a lot of trust in someone's infrastructure that you have no say in how it gets operated or maintained.
We need to develop some sort of rating system for cunsumers to identify good and secure service providers to those that are not up to scratch.
I would think any company running Citrix (or something like it) in their centralised server farm, is enjoying the same benefits?
And here in lies my problem with cloud computing, you put a hell of a lot of trust in someone's infrastructure that you have no say in how it gets operated or maintained.
We need to develop some sort of rating system for cunsumers to identify good and secure service providers to those that are not up to scratch.
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Gmail outage leaves users in lurch for few hours
BS Reporter / Mumbai February 25, 2009, 0:26 IST
Google’s email service, Gmail, ran out of juice today afternoon, leaving many users with no access to their email, online calendar or contact information. Even the official mail system used by the Google India staff crashed due to the system failure. Google applications like search, blogger, blog search and Google news, however, remained unaffected.
“Many of our users had difficulty accessing Gmail today. The problem is now resolved and users have had access restored. We know how important Gmail is to our users, so we take issues like this very seriously, and we apologise for the inconvenience,” a Google India spokesperson said.
The Gmail problem was flagged up immediately on Twitter, an online microblogging site, with many users saying that they had IMAP access running as normal. “Essentially, anyone running Gmail through IMAP on a desktop email client or through their iPhone may well be fine,” explained the Google executive.
Thousands of Twitter followers expressed their displeasure on Twitter. One Gmail user wrote on Twitter, “Seriously Gmail, I had some things to do this morning with you. You let me down. Hard.” Others talked of having to revert back to Lotus notes and other email accounts.
Microsoft officials did not fail to cash upon the opportunity to poach a few users from Google, its arch-rival “Need a new email account? Take a look at windowslive.co.uk - awesome,” twittered Mel Carson, Microsoft's advertising community blogger.
The outage exposed the underlying vulnerability of “cloud” computing, in which applications and data are accessed by users on the internet instead of their own hard drives. Google has been trying to sell its cloud-based Google Apps service to businesses for a couple of years, with notable success in getting some companies to switch to Gmail from Microsoft's Outlook.
BS Reporter / Mumbai February 25, 2009, 0:26 IST
Google’s email service, Gmail, ran out of juice today afternoon, leaving many users with no access to their email, online calendar or contact information. Even the official mail system used by the Google India staff crashed due to the system failure. Google applications like search, blogger, blog search and Google news, however, remained unaffected.
“Many of our users had difficulty accessing Gmail today. The problem is now resolved and users have had access restored. We know how important Gmail is to our users, so we take issues like this very seriously, and we apologise for the inconvenience,” a Google India spokesperson said.
The Gmail problem was flagged up immediately on Twitter, an online microblogging site, with many users saying that they had IMAP access running as normal. “Essentially, anyone running Gmail through IMAP on a desktop email client or through their iPhone may well be fine,” explained the Google executive.
Thousands of Twitter followers expressed their displeasure on Twitter. One Gmail user wrote on Twitter, “Seriously Gmail, I had some things to do this morning with you. You let me down. Hard.” Others talked of having to revert back to Lotus notes and other email accounts.
Microsoft officials did not fail to cash upon the opportunity to poach a few users from Google, its arch-rival “Need a new email account? Take a look at windowslive.co.uk - awesome,” twittered Mel Carson, Microsoft's advertising community blogger.
The outage exposed the underlying vulnerability of “cloud” computing, in which applications and data are accessed by users on the internet instead of their own hard drives. Google has been trying to sell its cloud-based Google Apps service to businesses for a couple of years, with notable success in getting some companies to switch to Gmail from Microsoft's Outlook.
Well i use Gmail, Google Docs, Calander etc. on a daily basis, and was not effected in anyway, they must have found it and solved it without me knowing there was a problem.
That is in contrast to the days on end I have not had email due to Telkom or Mweb having server issues. But in the spirit of the article, I will contact Google, register my outrage at the poor service, and demand a refund. However as I use the service, as do 90%+ of the twitter users, for free, I suppose any refund will have to be in the form of me doing community service
It would be interesting to see the GMail Uptime figures for the past few years compared to those of South African ISP's so we can finally see why we pay so much for the services we receive from them.
That is in contrast to the days on end I have not had email due to Telkom or Mweb having server issues. But in the spirit of the article, I will contact Google, register my outrage at the poor service, and demand a refund. However as I use the service, as do 90%+ of the twitter users, for free, I suppose any refund will have to be in the form of me doing community service
It would be interesting to see the GMail Uptime figures for the past few years compared to those of South African ISP's so we can finally see why we pay so much for the services we receive from them.