A "hype free" approach to Cloud computing
April 17th, 2009 • 2 CommentsMcKinsey & Co. released a report which they claim to be ‘a "hype free" approach starting with the most basic question of what a "cloud" actually is.’:
A Dozen OSGi Myths and Misconceptions
April 16th, 2009 • Comments Off on A Dozen OSGi Myths and MisconceptionsCraig Walls (author of the book Modular Java) has written a nice entry about OSGi and myths around it: http://java.dzone.com/articles/dozen-osgi-myths-and.
He works around these 12 topics and bust most of the myths (except one):
- OSGi is too complex
- OSGi is too heavyweight
- OSGi isn’t a "standard"
- OSGi is too new
- OSGi isn’t ready for the "real world"
- There aren’t many OSGi tools
- OSGi is for Eclipse users
- OSGi is a solution looking for a problem
- I can get modularity without OSGi
- OSGi is difficult to test
- OSGi doesn’t have a cool name
- There are no books on OSGi
I fully agree with his thoughts. Even when it comes to the name…To be honest OSGi is really not that ‘cool’ 🙂
Another nice quote:
Siemens Medical Solutions and ProSyst Software developed
solutions for maintenance of medical devices in the area of image
management systems using OSGi. (I love this example because the cliché
criteria for how established a technology is if you’d use it to launch
rockets or save lives.)
Open Cloud Computing Interface (OGF Standard)
April 15th, 2009 • Comments Off on Open Cloud Computing Interface (OGF Standard)
Finally after some time now the Open Cloud Computing Interface working group became official. We will focus on the creation of an API for remote management of ‘Infrastructure as a Service’ based clouds.
The latest charter can be found here: http://forge.ogf.org/sf/projects/occi-wg. That is also the link to our working space in the internet. The official webpage is: http://www.occi-wg.org.
So feel free to join, hop on the project and get involved in the creation of one of the first standards in Cloud Computing.
Getting started with OSGi
April 8th, 2009 • Comments Off on Getting started with OSGi
Well I’m working with OSGi for quite some time now but here is a nice introduction to OSGi.
This webinar is hosted at eclipse live and definetly worth to watch: http://live.eclipse.org/node/407
Ever wanted to know how Sun defines Cloud computing?
April 3rd, 2009 • Comments Off on Ever wanted to know how Sun defines Cloud computing?
Sun released a nice document describing what Cloud computing is and how you can use it. It’s called "A guide to get started with Cloud Computing".