gonzobuzz-ing » IDA http://www.gonzobuzz.com/blog Pondering the Social Web from a Small Business perspective Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:33:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Big Boys to Tango in the Cloud http://www.gonzobuzz.com/blog/2008/07/30/big-boys-to-tango-in-the-cloud/ http://www.gonzobuzz.com/blog/2008/07/30/big-boys-to-tango-in-the-cloud/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:38:10 +0000 john http://www.gonzobuzz.com/blog/?p=85 Yahoo, HP and Intel have announced that they will jointly set up six virtual research centres designed to test emerging cloud computing technologies.

One of these centres will be right here in Singapore – hosted by the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA). Two other centres will be at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. HP, Yahoo and Intel with also host one centre each.

Cloud computing essentially refers to the concept of using vast arrays of globally distributed computers as a platform for delivering services. Many industry watchers consider cloud computing to be the next big thing in IT. Research firm Gartner predicts that it will be as influential as e-business.

These new centres will allow researchers to test software, hardware and systems that would make the large-scale resources needed for cloud computing more reliable, manageable and secure.

Check out the IDA’s press release for more details on the Singapore cloud computing test bed.

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