Cloud computing

[waltky]

Ireland got something to crow about...

Ireland could become world cloud computing hub
Monday April 02 2012 - IRELAND could become a world leader in cloud computing thanks to a new €1.2m research programme.

Jobs and Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton announced the Government investment into the fast-growing technology today as part of its Action Plan for Jobs. "A key part of this Government's plan for growth and jobs is identifying areas where we believe Ireland has distinct advantages compared to other countries, and taking steps necessary to ensure that we realise our potential in those areas," said Mr Bruton. "Cloud computing is one such sector, and the Government believes that between our climate, skills base, telecoms connectivity and existing strengths in ICT, we have the potential to reap substantial benefits in terms of jobs and growth from the global expansion of this sector."

Cloud computing allows people to store applications and software with companies in "the cloud", which can be accessed from anywhere over the internet. The 1.2 million euro investment will be made into a Cloud Computing Technology Research Centre, which will bring academic researchers together aimed at generating business ideas and boosting growth in the sector. The centre will be made up of a group of higher education institutions including researchers from University College Cork and the Athlone Institute of Technology.

Funding will be allocated over the next 12 months. "Through the Action Plan for Jobs, I am determined to continue implementing change to ensure that Ireland realises its potential in this area and contribute to the jobs and growth we so badly need," Mr Bruton went on. Research will focus on cloud computing technology architecture, design and operation, as well as service management and cloud security.

Enterprise Ireland director of ICT commercialisation Gearoid Mooney said the research will be vital to help Irish companies adopt the technology. "Having the capacity to do computing this way is one thing but software companies have to figure out how to make best use of this technology," said Mr Mooney. Last year, industry chiefs predicted that Ireland could create up to 20,000 jobs by adopting the new technology. Microsoft Ireland managing director Paul Rellis said "the cloud" could be worth €9.5bbn to the economy by 2014.

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[iamwhatiseem]

I'm confused...Cloud computing is a rack of large mainframe systems.
That is not very many jobs?

 

[Ropey]

The world is not yet ready for true cloud computing. They've coined the term and clearly the technology is moving towards that outcome. At the moment the clouds are in the form of client bases.

This is a governmental cloud for a country, but this will also take quite some time to even begin to initiate. It's the future indeed. Companies cloud their mainframes and their workstations can fragment storage and time slice processing power world-wide if they wish. The security issues are still paramount.

This can be considered a cloud as in a Virtual Private Network sharing resources and able to process much faster than previous methods. Clustering has led to this cloud technological platform.

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[Mr. H.]

They should install massive data storage devises on satellites.

 

[Ropey]

They should install massive data storage devises on satellites.

They will once crystalline technology (atomic and holographic storage) becomes viable and that will be true cloud computing...

 

[Mr. H.]

Groovy.

 

[cblackink]

Wow, that is awesome! Thanks for sharing the story. I use cloud computing, but never dreamed anything like this would ever exist.


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[buckyhouse]

I give Ireland a slow clap for their initiative. I don't really foresee the US grabbing the bull by the horns like that any time soon. We'll need to look for more of a push in the private sector towards cloud technology.

I'd say since the 2 years that article was posted, we've definitely seen a rise of the cloud in mainstream media applications, but we're still a long way away. A lot of people might be afraid to switch to the cloud or take on any new technologies at all due to the recent NSA debacle with Snowden. This study even states that half of IT professionals report the NSA story affected their likelihood to recommend cloud hosting, which sounds believable when you think about just how much even a search engine like Google can track you.

 

[dblack]

And you know who will be most responsible for their success???

Our own NSA.

 

[buckyhouse]

And you know who will be most responsible for their success???

Our own NSA.

 

[dblack]

And you know who will be most responsible for their success???

Our own NSA.

I'm seeing this every day. Our company sells a SAS product and our international sales have been seriously impacted. We've lost existing clients, and missed many potential sales, due to concerns about the security of servers located in the United States. We're currently looking at outsourcing our hosting for exactly this reason. And our position is not unique. Snowden's revelations - or more accurately our government's policy of rampant snooping - is having a significant economic impact.