Tag Archives: Cloud Computing

The Care of Data

Posted on June 1, 2011 by way0utwest

DBAs are supposed to be trustworthy. After all, they are the custodians of data and often have access to sensitive information because of the nature of their system administrator level privileges. Their turnover ought to be low, and hopefully they … Continue reading →

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The Titanic Cloud

Posted on May 5, 2011 by way0utwest

Is a cloud provider unsinkable? This piece from CNN shows an image of the Titanic as it talks about Amazon’s recent Amazon Web Services outage, which took down parts of many sites, including Reddit, FourSquare and the New York Times. … Continue reading →

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Cascading Human Error

Posted on May 3, 2011 by way0utwest

I caught this short piece on the Amazon EC2 outageand while it does highlight a potential problem in the world of the cloud, there was one part of it that really stuck out to me. This quote in particular was … Continue reading →

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The Intelligence Cloud

Posted on May 2, 2011 by way0utwest

I was thinking to call this the “Military Intelligence Cloud” but no one would believe it was true. Apparently the US Air Force has awarded a contract to build an intelligence platform that will allow different branches of the military … Continue reading →

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