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IBM Invests $300 Million in Cloud Computing

Posted 08/20/08 at 08:51:23 PM |  by Pulkit Chandna

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Almost all major tech companies covet cloud computing for its immense promise and are vying to popularize cloud computing solutions for plebeians. IBM has made a sturdy claim for cloud computing honors by investing $300 million in it. This happens to be one of IBM’s largest investments in the field.

It will arm 13 data centers with cloud computing infrastructure that will provide cloud computing cushion to its customers in the face of network disruptions or failures. Basically, its clients will be able to access cloud-based computer services when their own networks are down - and even out. So even during network disruptions it would be business as usual for IBM’s clients.

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avatarI hope they don't bring

Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Wed, 2008-08-20 23:46

I hope they don't bring cloud computing to the masses or make it mandatory in order to use your computer. Really I don't want microsoft or anyone else having complete control over all my media. The way I understand it is that Microsoft wants to ditch Windows alltogether in favor of loging onto the internet. The microsoft website will be your operating system. Your interface with your hardware. I don't like this. There is no way to make my system better than that jock that lives next door to me. He gets the same bells and whistles I get. Correct me if I'm wrong. I think It's a bad idea. Perhaps for buisness it's not a bad idea. I have heard that there is an idea floating around companies will use things like Steam to provide games that completely reside on their servers. You get very little code on your machine. Just enough for your hardware to interact with it. And you have to pay to play. It's like buying the hardware for an arcade machine but never being able to play for free. It's a sucky idea.

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