Blog Entries tagged 'cloud-hosting'

The rise of Cloud Computing

morris@stewartmedia.biz — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

No longer just a vague concept, the term “cloud computing” is being thrown around with increasing frequency. In a nutshell, cloud competing is becoming popular because it offers economic solutions to many standard problems associated with both wired and fixed line comminations platforms.

Generally speaking, cloud computing at the consumer level, the concept of cloud computing is receiving increasing buzz due to the concept gaining significant traction with business.

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What is cloud hosting?

morris@stewartmedia.biz — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Cloud computing in the context of service hosting is one step up from 'standard' shared hosting. Rather than have services based on a single physical machine (with constraints on RAM, processing power, disc size and so on), services run on several machines. These machines don't even have to be in the same location. As long as the interconnections between disparate sites are fast enough (gigabit ethernet is usually considered to be the minimum speed) clouds can be spread over any area. As comp [...]