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Apple’s cloud plans to become less vaporous next week, along with Mac OS and iOS news
Apple said the new software would include iCloud, which will be the company’s cloud computing offering. The company will also show a new release of its OS X operating system for desktop and laptop computers, called Lion, and iOS 5, the latest update to Apple’s mobile operating system, which supports the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.
The company’s decision to announce the keynote event in advance was unusual for Apple as the company usually goes to great pains to remain secretive about any coming announcements or new products.
Apple has recently completed a billion… Continue reading: Jobs to Unveil Apple’s ‘Next Generation’ Software – NYTimes.com
A bad week for the cloud
In a blog post, maker Sony said it turned off the network on Wednesday after it detected an "external intrusion" and that it was doing all it could to resolve it the problem.
In recent weeks, Playstation has been targeted by hackers’ group Anonymous.
The group appeared to deny being responsible for the attack, releasing a message stating "for once we didn’t do it".
BBC News – Playstation Network suspended over ‘external intrusion’
Continue reading: BBC News – Playstation Network suspended over ‘external intrusion’
Some Google cloud updates
Dave Girouard, president of Google Enterprise, in a conversation earlier this week, outlined Google’s cloud strategy, its long-term plans, and how it’s different from other cloud providers. “Amazon is a great service and I don’t see it as threatening to us,” said Girouard, pointing out Google’s focus is going to be on productivity apps and on specific cloud-apps that require large computational resources.
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Girouard shared some stats that give you a snapshot of Google Apps progress.
A huge set-back for cloud enthusiasts
The outage is evidence that companies can’t wholly rely on cloud services to handle important functions, Vanessa Alvarez, an analyst at Forrester Research, told Bloomberg News.
"Customers need to start asking tough questions and not assume everything will be taken care of in the cloud, because it will not," Alvarez said. "They shouldn’t be counting on a cloud service provider like Amazon to provide disaster recovery."
Amazon engineers struggled throughout the day to rectify the problem. [Gartner analyst Lydia] Leong said the problems are of a type that’s not covered by Amazon’s money-back guarantees.
Business & Technology | Amazon server failures… Continue reading: Business & Technology | Amazon server failures darken ‘cloud’ outlook | Seattle Times Newspaper
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