http://www.cloudcomputing.ltd.uk/blog Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:59:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Is the principle of Cloud Computing new? A question I am being asked at least once a week at the moment. Well certainly the phrase is new. However the technology and the application of the technology is not new. In fact it has been around for over 5 ... http://www.cloudcomputing.ltd.uk/blog/uncategorized/is-cloud-computing-new/ Yes it is true we can deliver IT as a service for less than £2.00 per day. What is in the box? Microsoft Exchange 2007 Email with Outlook 2007 or Entourage for MAC Shared File System with access permissions Microsoft Office 2007 (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) 5GB file Storage Anti Virus Anti Spam Full nightly backup of data Ability ... http://www.cloudcomputing.ltd.uk/blog/uncategorized/it-solutions-for-less-then-200-per-day/ I get asked this question regularly. With security there are 2 elements to it. Physical security A compare a commercial class data centre to a typical office and 99 out of 100 the data centre is going to come on top. Data privacy If you have third party consultant at work on your ... http://www.cloudcomputing.ltd.uk/blog/uncategorized/is-cloud-safe/ Hosted Desktop explained The Hosted Desktop is available in more variations than there are flavours of Ice Cream. Delivery type There are 3 different methods of delivery each with their own characteristics like bandwidth usage, security and look and feel. These are Microsoft Terminal Services, Citrix and VMWare Virtual Desktop ... http://www.cloudcomputing.ltd.uk/blog/uncategorized/hosted-desktop-explained/ Cloud Computing and Software as a Service (SaaS) I was asked the other day is Cloud Computing like SaaS? Well I thought I would share the response for anyone else that night be interested in my opinion. SaaS is about delivering a single application, normally this application has been written to ... http://www.cloudcomputing.ltd.uk/blog/news/cloud-computing-and-saas/ I feel compelled to write something about the telephone experience I have had with 4 companies in the last 3 weeks that I almost abandoned the call.  In fact twice I had the phone put down on me because they could not hear me.  The most amazing thing was that ... http://www.cloudcomputing.ltd.uk/blog/news/the-trouble-with-voice-over-ip/ Software as a service that SaaS - that is the say a software applications delivered from a remote multi tenanted infrastructure but still providing the same functionality that you would have if you ran your own hardware and software solution  server based solutions without the need for a server. Virtulisation - ... http://www.cloudcomputing.ltd.uk/blog/cloud-computing/what-are-the-3-components-that-make-up-cloud-computing/