Website review: Google and the Wisdom of Clouds
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Streetline discovered 5 months ago- Interesting article about applications of the Google worldwide server cloud.
- CleverElsie rated 2 months ago
- Google's at it again! Read about how Google is building its castle in the "clouds," a centralized network of servers they say is destined to replace the Internet as we know it.
- laodan rated 5 months ago
- Google and the Wisdom of Clouds via InnovationWatch, in Business Week by Stephen Baker
What is Google's cloud? It's a network made of hundreds of thousands, or by some estimates 1 million, cheap servers, each not much more powerful than the PCs we have in our homes. It stores staggering amounts of data, including numerous copies of the World Wide Web. This makes search faster, helping ferret out answers to billions of queries in a fraction of a second. Unlike many traditional supercomputers, Google's system never ages. When its individual pieces die, usually after about three years, engineers pluck them out and replace them with new, faster boxes. This means the cloud regenerates as it grows, almost like a living thing. Google and the Wisdom of Clouds Google Gets Ready to Rumble With Microsoft These 2 articles supplement the article about the new Linux/SAAS office model I referred to yesterday. Cloud computing initially enabled Google to answer our searches in an extremely fast way. It then evolved into Software As A Service (SAAS). There is an explosion literally of new applications (apps) becoming available by the day online. I myself now, on a daily base, use Gmail + iGoogle + Gbookmarks + Gnotebook + Greader + Gsearch + Gimages (Picasa) + Gdocs + Gmaps and Gearth + Gblogger +... and SU! My experience with these Google Apps is most satisfactory I must say. No loss any longer of bookmarks and notes due to system upgrading or HD crashes... SAAS satisfies 95% of my daily needs on the computer. But SAAS is only feasible from a computer loaded with a system and a browser. That's where Linux and Open Source Applications are bound to make inroads... I use Ubuntu and Firefox. Those who use professional applications (writing, imaging, engineering or other) will not be satisfied by Online Apps at least in their present versions. They still need their specialized software. I myself, for example, often use imaging and writing software and I'm very satisfied with Open Source offerings. (Imaging: The GIMP, INKSCAPE, PICASA, XSANE SCAN,... Writing: TOMBOY NOTES, OPEN OFFICE, SCRIBUS, ...)
- Google and the Wisdom of Clouds via InnovationWatch, in Business Week by Stephen Baker
