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This Week in Cloud Computing #2 with Rackspace, Conformity, & Culturejam

TWiCC #2 with Rackspace, Conformity, & Culturejam

Special guests Matt MacNaughton, Founder of CultureJam, Brett Piatt, Director of Technical Alliance at Rackspace, and Scott Bils, Co-Founder & CMO at Conformity.  Highlights include definition of Cloud Computing & Utility Computing, Apple, and Larry Ellison’s rant.

0:01:41   Amanda Asks guests to define Cloud Computing

0:02:29 Scott defines utility computing

0:05:31 Matt talks about his experience with Rackspace

0:07:27  Scott’s definition of Cloud Computing

0:10:43   Amanda asks Scott to suggest how larger enterprises start to approach the purchase of Cloud based management solutions?

0:11:45 Amanda asks Brett when customers think they need the cloud what do you say back?

0:14:11 The shift of music labels moving more to the cloud, who are the major players and what will they do?

0:15:10 Matt on Apple’s Acquisition of Lala

0:17:18 Brett on Cloud music

0:18:30 Is this the year of music in the cloud? What is the take on Conformity’s side?

0:19:30 Mark Laughlin Group:

0:19:46 Issue #1 What is Apple Building?

0:22:43 Issue #2 Is salesforce.com the very first billion dollar cloud computing company?

0:24:56 Issue #3 Transportability and the Cloud.  Mark Andreessen and Ben Horowitz hoping to speed enterprise adoption of cloud computing launched Makara.

0:33:40 Issue #4 Are data center providers the real winners in this cloud meme? Data center builders have been called the arms builder to the clouds.

0:40:27 Issue #5 Oracle CEO’s Larry Ellison rant – cloud is far far far fashion. The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women’s fashion.

0:43:00 NEWS

0:43:13 Item #1 3tera acquired by CA.

0:47:47   Item #2 Get your storage out of the cloud?

0:51:40  Item #3 How much are cloud providers making?  Best way to measure it revenue per server or per customer?  What is the measurement?

1:00:21  Parting thoughts from Matt, Scott, and Brett

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  • Judo

    Enjoyed this show again, but please can we move beyond defining cloud computing as it just degenerates into semantics.

  • Ben Langfeld

    Mark, can we please loose the stupid voice? It gets annoying fast.

  • franziep

    @10% adaptation The cloud is seeing early days. People are sitting on the fence to see where it goes. Wall Street will be looking at those tech firms that supply hardware to DC once the cloud shoots off.