Comments on: A Window on the Cloud

By: We Need Platform Plays That Don’t Wobble - GigaOM

We Need Platform Plays That Don’t Wobble - GigaOM — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:51:51 +0000

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By: Hey Startups, Amazon Gets It - GigaOM

Hey Startups, Amazon Gets It - GigaOM — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:46:32 +0000

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By: Blogging Hyperic » June Newsletter or “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love CloudStatus.”

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:44:31 +0000

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By: Sanjay Gupta

Sanjay Gupta — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:53:28 +0000

this is nothing new amazon provides monitoring status for thier cloud already and has been for a while. http://status.aws.amazon.com/

Simple DB (SDB) replacement for Oracle
80k for $0.10 per hour

Interesting Clouds Are No Substitute for Competence. http://en.oreilly.com/velocity2008/public/schedule/detail/4373

By: Ranjit Nayak

Ranjit Nayak — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:20:38 +0000

If the cloud is spread across multiple geographies and data centers what exactly does the status mean? Is it the status of a specific data center?

As Stacey points out, shouldn’t the cloud infrastructure provider display the status by default? If we consider the cloud to be a provider of OS like capabilities on the internet, we could expect the cloud to provide status as well.

Hyperic is providing the equivalent of Systems management tool in the cloud. It will be interesting to see the evolution of Systems Management for the cloud.

By: botchagalupe

botchagalupe — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:10:15 +0000

Looking at the offering it appears to be more hype than substance. Here is my spin on it…

Taking the Hype out of Hyperic’s new Cloudstatus.

http://www.johnmwillis.com/amazon/taking-the-hype-out-of-hyperics-new-cloudstatus/

By: Hyperic Launches CloudStatus, Cloud Management Software Deluxe | Virtualization.com

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:51:56 +0000

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By: Alan Wilensky

Alan Wilensky — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:15:27 +0000

I am (or was, maybe still am) in the camp that thinks my mid-tier clients are better of in the cloud for CRM services. some types of native database applications, POS, etc.

But, some of these venture backed SAAS and PAAS providers simply cannot warrant that they will be around in perpetuity. How can they?

The industry needs to underwrite some type of continuity indemnification, insurance standards beyond vanilla business interruption, and potential solutions for hot standbys.

It’s going to get ugly after the first high profile SAAS providers go into Arrington’s dead pool, or a service like Amazon or Google has a big, costly outage. Then people will re-think what using VC backed cloud services can buy. Still it’s tempting and a sexy alternative for those who can plan around the inevitable outages.