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The lightning strike-induced outage of an Amazon EC2 data center underscores the importance of eventually getting to a state of hybrid clouds. Having applications running in multiple locations simultaneously, applications that can run in-house or in the cloud (see Appistry), or having automatic live migration to another cloud or in-house servers can help to eliminate this kind of downtime (although I don’t know that the latter would help in the case of lightning). This strike also should drive use of Amazon’s Availability Zones, which are based on the notion that a lightning strike in the U.S. won’t affect a data center on another continent.

Infrastructure Links for this Week

  1. With a Big Push, IBM Gives Cloud Computing Its Blessing

    This is a smart move by IBM. Early signs pointed toward a Tivoli-driven management focus (software that does exist), but given the glut of internal cloud management software, IBM seems content to sell enterprise solutions, not technology.

    Submitted by Derrick Harris

  2. What Intel Can Teach Google About the Cloud

    Vendor bias aside, WAN optimization will be important to cloud providers. Performance improvements alone can take a service so far before delivery needs to catch up.

    Submitted by Derrick Harris

  3. Software Licensing in a ‘Cloudy and Virtualized” World

    A good question that appears to have been answered: Instances running certain software will have premium pricing.

    Submitted by Derrick Harris

  4. Facebook URL Madness

    The coolest part to me: 500,000 names registered in 15 minutes with no reported technical problems.

    Submitted by Derrick Harris

  5. MMO Games are Still Screwed Up in Their Database Technology

    I get the impression some gaming companies prefer form over function. I was surprised a few years ago to learn that the Second Life Grid isn't (or wasn't) a grid at all.

    Submitted by Derrick Harris

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