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  • The Intercloud is a global cloud of clouds

    This content is 14 years old and may not reflect reality today nor the author’s current opinion. Please keep its age in mind as you read it.Few of us will dispute that: The Internet is a global network of networks So it logically follows that: The Intercloud is a global cloud of clouds It’s amazing…

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  • Introducing the Cloud Computing Stack (2009 Edition)

    This content is 15 years old and may not reflect reality today nor the author’s current opinion. Please keep its age in mind as you read it.Those of you watching the Open Cloud Computing Interface (OCCI) mailing list over the weekend may have spotted the Resource Types: Compute / Network / Storage thread which the…

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  • Cloud Computing Types: Public Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, Private Cloud

    This content is 15 years old and may not reflect reality today nor the author’s current opinion. Please keep its age in mind as you read it.It’s no secret that I don’t very much like this whole private cloud or internal cloud concept (see here and here), on the basis that while advanced virtualisation technologies…

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  • The Cloud and Cloud Computing consensus definition?

    This content is 15 years old and may not reflect reality today nor the author’s current opinion. Please keep its age in mind as you read it. “Cloud Computing is the realisation of Internet (‘Cloud’) based development and use of computer technology (‘Computing’) delivered by an ecosystem of providers.” It’s amazing that such a simple…

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