2010/4/17 Abhishek K <[email protected]> > Cloud computing is nothing but technology that have all computing power in > the Internet.
Not necessarily every time.. You can even have a private cloud ! See http://open.eucalyptus.com However, in cloud computing case, even your operating system will boot from > cloud. You will only have a dumb terminal in front of you with no > capabilities. > An instance of an Image will be instantiated. It is not necessary that you'll only have a dumb terminal. If you want to you can connect to the desktop of the instance using rdp. > The future is what Pano Technologies have introduced. > http://www.panologic.com/ > <http://www.panologic.com/> > > A true virtualised desktop with no computing power. This is what cloud is > all about. THIS IS NOT WHAT THE CLOUD IS ABOUT. ;-) Yes I'm screaming.. Desktop virtualization is different from cloud computing. > And when the company needs more processing/computing power, they just buy > it from the cloud services provider, instead of buying it on their own. > Imagine the hardware/maintenance cost savings if this model is implemented. > Virtualization IS NOT cloud computing. This has got very little to do with the cloud. It is true that when a company needs more cpu power, they purchase it. The only true major hurdle with this type of implementation is the security > of the cloud. > _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
