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Why Bringing Cloud Computing to China Is Joyent’s Golden Opportunity This content requires a paid GigaOM Pro subscription

Much has been made about this week’s Amazon Web Services news, and for good reason. The introduction of Amazon RDS shed light on the growing prevalence of relational databases in the cloud, high-memory instances optimize EC2 for a new breed of workloads (including relational databases), and the 15 percent across-the-board price cut indicates that cloud-computing services are commoditizing, forcing providers to compete on features and price. But as important as these enhancements are, their effects on Amazon’s cloud business should pale in comparison to the effects that Joyent’s move into China will have on its business — and, potentially, the global cloud-computing market. […]

Question of the Week

What international markets are potential hotspots for cloud adoption?

Infrastructure Links for this Week

  1. Intel Opens Cloud Fluffing School

    The news of Intel's Cloud Builder program, which helps customers build their own private clouds, is cool enough, but the bigger news might be the upcoming Intel-EMC low-power storage-cloud products.

    Submitted by Derrick Harris

  2. VMware: Goldman Downgrades On Valuation

    This change in position from Goldman actually mirrors what I have been seeing with VMware. There is no denying the potential upside of VMware, but the effects might take a while to materialize. Meanwhile, the company is looking increasingly vulnerable on the hypervisor front.

    Submitted by Derrick Harris

  3. HBase vs. Cassandra: NoSQL Battle!

    Distributed databases are getting more popular by the day, and more of these head-to-head comparisons are popping up. This analysis gives the edge to HBase without ruling out Cassandra.

    Submitted by Derrick Harris

  4. Juniper Takes Center Stage for Rebranding and Repositioning

    One more take on Juniper's big announcements yesterday. Juniper garnered a lot of attention, and it looks like it might have established itself a legitimate threat in the data center networking space.

    Submitted by Derrick Harris

  5. A Practical Guide to the Early Days of Data Center Containers

    As the title suggests, this is a pretty thorough discussion of all things data center container. If you're considering one, it's worth a read.

    Submitted by Derrick Harris

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