Category Archives: Cloud Computing

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) – Why? What about security? What about SOA?

IaaS or “Infrastructure as a Service” is a concept and frequently offered product in the Cloud Computing space that currently appears to have as much pervasiveness as any of the other service types. Continue reading →

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Apps.gov – GSA’s iTunes Store for Cloud Computing?

If you haven’t yet seen the hype, GSA is currently hosting APPS.GOV which is an online marketplace for Cloud Computing applications for US Federal Agencies. This is driven by the Federal Cloud Computing Initiative. There are a number of categories … Continue reading →

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[CheapHA-HPC] Viral Grid Computing

Viral Grid Computing Summary This computing model has been around for a long time. I know this because the principal architects here at Abstract Initiative, LLC have been doing it for a long time – around 10 years in some … Continue reading →

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[CheapHA-HPC] A Different Slightly Approach To Grid Computing

I’ve been working with a customer that has a surprisingly common workload – document management & processing, as well as very common constraints – no development staff with parallel programming (MPI, etc) expertise, no time to build a completely new … Continue reading →

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