Steve Ballmer talks up the cloud

Steve Ballmer talks up the cloud

I couple of days ago I had a talk with one of the major IT consultancy companies in the Netherlands. When asked what I thought was one of the big trends in IT. Without hesitating I answered that in my opinion that was Cloud computing. It seems this trend is now really taking off.

When I was at the Google office a couple of years ago there was an interesting picture on a whiteboard in one of the meeting rooms. This picture was a visualisation of Google OS, long before the launch of Google Apps !.

So you could say that now Microsoft is coming on board as well we are heading to a new Operating System. Windows Cloud ?

Links for 2008-10-02

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Data Center Design by PTS - Data Center Design by PTS Data Center Solutions, Inc. more...
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Data Center Design - A blog dedicated to an open exchange of ideas relating to the design of data centers & computer rooms. more...
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ROI calculator - VMware ROI calculator more...
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The Data Center Journal - Where IT, Facilities and Design Meet - Home
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http://www.ieee802.org/3/hssg/public/nov06/diminico_01_1106.pdf
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http://ieee802.org/802_tutorials/july03/tutorial_1_0703.pdf
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"Cloud Computing." Newest buzz words or next greatest tech revolution? | CompuFiciency = Applied CompuTelligence - Very simply, cloud computing is doing what you normally do on your PC without needing to be at your PC. How? By using a web browser and “Software as a Service” (SaaS) to log in to some remote site, open your files, edit, create, etc… and then save, print, send, etc. more...
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Voice Over IP, Free Phone, Internet Telephone, Online PBX
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Security Development Lifecycle - The Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) is the industry-leading software security assurance process. A Microsoft-wide initiative and a mandatory policy since 2004, SDL has played a critical role in embedding security and privacy into Microsoft software and culture. Combining a holistic and practical approach, SDL introduces security and privacy early and throughout the development process. It has led Microsoft to measurable and widely recognized security improvements in flagship products such as Windows Vista and SQL Server. As part of its commitment to supporting a more secure and trustworthy computing ecosystem, Microsoft is making SDL process guidance, tools and training available for every developer. more...
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HealthVault

October 2007 Microsoft launched this product , but I came across it recently through the MS download notification newsletter which a receive every saturday.

What is it ?

With HealthVault MS has created a platform for registration your medical data. You can decide to share this data with your doctor etc. This data can also be collected from all kind of devices like bloodpressure meters etc. by means of a HealthVault Desktop application.

The service is only offered in the US at the moment. I predict that this service will be very populair based on the success of products like the Nintendo Wii Fit.

Update:

Of course Google has a similar product, called GoogleHealth. I almost signed up untill I saw the User agreement.

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http://www.cam.nl/images/stories/pdf/cam_it_solutions-4_lagen_model-v1.7f.pdf
(tags: SLA infrastructure model)

De BUSINESS ISSUES Kennisbanken: Onze kennis en ervaring zijn er voor u!
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Information Architects » Blog Archive » Web Trend Map 3: Get it! - It was featured by The Guardian, WIRED, Le Monde, Corriere, kottke, Boingboing, Techcrunch, Mashable, Valleywag and literally thousands of blogs more...
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http://www.tscweb.net/sdg/dataworkslaunchletter0802v2.pdf - New Variable Data Printing Solution Ricoh’s Dataworks³ more...
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Ten Key Technologies for Lean Process Improvement - Lean techniques focus on process cycle efficiency (PCE) as a measure of process execution speed, the first step in understanding how a function works, according to Michael L. George, author of the book Lean Six Sigma. more...
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Business Rules Platform Nederland
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CodeProject: The new reporting horizons with Microsoft Reporting Services 2005. Free source code and programming help - One of these options is the great ability to use one ore more WebServices as a data source. Unfortunately, the Help which comes with MSDN and the MS SQL Server 2005 books is not clear enough and the Help has a few printed mistakes. These mistakes make the developer's life hard, and the developer might end up spending a lot of hours to solve problems. Therefore, this article intends to share my knowledge about this wonderful opportunity which Microsoft Reporting Services 2005 offers us and save your time. more...
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How to create a sample application that uses the Reporting Services SOAP APIs to render a report to a selected file format on a Web page - How to create a sample application that uses the Reporting Services SOAP APIs to render a report to a selected file format on a Web page more...
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http://www.ricoh.eu/Binary/EB135_LEAF_ENGEUR_tcm101-49884.pdf
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Service Orientatie en ICT - Dik Bijl
(tags: ict SOA architecture)

Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, ToC, TPM, RCM, WCM, POLCA:  Welke methode past het beste bij mijn bedrijf? - www.procesverbeteren.nl is het enige volledig onafhankelijke (!) kennisplatform over bedrijfsproces-verbetermethodes zoals Lean, Six Sigma, TOC, QRM, TPM, RCM & WCM. Initiatiefnemer is business-journalist Dr Ir Jaap van Ede. Uniek is, dat bijna alle informatie bestaat uit (objectieve) vakbladartikelen en praktijkvoorbeelden! more...
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Microsoft Executive Circle - Service Oriented Architecture (SOA): Deel 1 - Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Van business-strategie tot technologie more...
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RFC 4408 - Sender Policy Framework (SPF) for Authorizing Use of Domains in E-Mail, Version 1
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