Comments on: Verizon Tries to Patent Spot Pricing for the Cloud http://gigaom.com/2010/04/08/verizon-tries-to-patent-spot-pricing-for-the-cloud/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:11:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: IBM’s Cloud Effort Shifts from Workloads to Industries: Cloud « http://gigaom.com/2010/04/08/verizon-tries-to-patent-spot-pricing-for-the-cloud/#comment-296475 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 04:03:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=111555#comment-296475 [...] The idea is that ISPs can use the IBM-built platform as a means to let partners offer services to the ISPs’ clients much like Force.com allows developers a way to reach Salesforce.com customers. For ISPs, which often have customers relying on them for IT services already, having a true cloud platform provides more flexibility and offerings that can help them derive revenue from their pipes and compute infrastructure. Many ISPs already have their own cloud products, such as AT&T’s Synaptic Hosting or Verizon’s Compute as a Service. [...]

]]> By: Amazon Tries to Take the Commodity Out of Cloud Computing http://gigaom.com/2010/04/08/verizon-tries-to-patent-spot-pricing-for-the-cloud/#comment-246661 Wed, 19 May 2010 23:33:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=111555#comment-246661 [...] infrastructure-as-a-service platforms grow, Amazon is trying to offer variations and services that distinguish its compute and storage cloud from those of Rackspace and Verizon and from platforms such as Microsoft’s Azure or VMforce. [...]

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