Back in September 2010, we wrote about our "i In the Sky"--that is, our use of the iDevCloud for our own business. We mentioned another...
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Here are two terms and conditions excerpts from a couple of popular cloud storage vendors. I'm not trying to spread FUD because cloud computing really is a fantastic concept. I'm just offering fair warning for you to do your own research and take responsibility for your data.
Displayed very clearly, these two excerpts make it pretty clear the liability is on you, no matter what happens to your data.
From
Carbonite:
"CARBONITE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE CARBONITE PRODUCTS, THIRD PARTY COMPONENTS, OR BETA SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE CARBONITE PRODUCTS, THIRD PARTY COMPONENTS, OR BETA SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE CARBONITE PRODUCTS, THIRD PARTY COMPONENTS, OR BETA SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT ENCRYPTION ALGORITHIMS, ASSOCIATED KEYS AND OTHER SECURITY MEASURES WILL BE SECURE OR EFFECTIVE."
From
Amazon Web Services:
"THE SERVICE OFFERINGS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS.” WE AND OUR AFFILIATES AND LICENSORS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE REGARDING THE SERVICE OFFERINGS OR THE THIRD PARTY CONTENT, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICE OFFERINGS OR THIRD PARTY CONTENT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR FREE OR FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT ANY CONTENT, INCLUDING YOUR CONTENT OR THE THIRD PARTY CONTENT, WILL BE SECURE OR NOT OTHERWISE LOST OR DAMAGED."
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Here are two terms and conditions excerpts from a couple of popular cloud storage vendors. I'm not trying to spread FUD because cloud computing really is a fantastic concept. I'm just offering fair warning for you to do your own research and take responsibility for your data.
Displayed very clearly, these two excerpts make it pretty clear the liability is on you, no matter what happens to your data.
From
Carbonite:
"CARBONITE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE CARBONITE PRODUCTS, THIRD PARTY COMPONENTS, OR BETA SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE CARBONITE PRODUCTS, THIRD PARTY COMPONENTS, OR BETA SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE CARBONITE PRODUCTS, THIRD PARTY COMPONENTS, OR BETA SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT ENCRYPTION ALGORITHIMS, ASSOCIATED KEYS AND OTHER SECURITY MEASURES WILL BE SECURE OR EFFECTIVE."
From
Amazon Web Services:
"THE SERVICE OFFERINGS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS.” WE AND OUR AFFILIATES AND LICENSORS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE REGARDING THE SERVICE OFFERINGS OR THE THIRD PARTY CONTENT, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICE OFFERINGS OR THIRD PARTY CONTENT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR FREE OR FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT ANY CONTENT, INCLUDING YOUR CONTENT OR THE THIRD PARTY CONTENT, WILL BE SECURE OR NOT OTHERWISE LOST OR DAMAGED."
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Thanks to the handy work of Ryan Watkins (IBM) we now have PostGreSQL ported to IBM i. You can learn more about this port at http://youngiprofessionals.com/wiki/Databases/PostgreSQL
This is great news because it makes IBM i potentially useful to a whole new crowd of application developers.
Let me paint a picture in your mind: Imagine a world where anybody (high school grad, college student, 1st year professional, 30yr professional, SMB) could spin up an IBM i instance “in the cloud” in a few minutes and test out it’s capabilities. Imagine that the IBM i instance was pre-loaded with all the software necessary to meet a particular development need (i.e. PostGreSQL/PHP/ZendServer, Java/Tomcat/MySQL, RPG/DB2/ExtJS, etc). Imagine that it was actually affordable to have your own IBM i in the cloud! All I can say is we are incrementally getting closer…
With the recently announced and refined Image Management on Steve Will’s blog, this pre-loaded image concept is currently a reality. Take that a step further and see how automated IBM has made the process of creating a new virtual LPAR of IBM i in the cloud: video.
The next step would be for IBM to offer the VLP service, shown in the aforementioned video, as a reasonable-cost-monthly-lease. The good news is that they are already doing test-bed implementations of this with PartnerWorld ISVs. If you are a ParnterWorld ISV looking to gain access to an IBM i LPAR in the cloud for commercial development purposes at INCREDIBLY reasonable cost, then you should contact Jon Rush (jrush@us.ibm.com).
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Check out my latest article where I explore the incredible flexibility of Javascript and aim my sights at putting even more onus back with RPG on the server.
Also, I am looking to do my first significant pursuit of jQuery as an additional front-end for OpenRPGUI for those that prefer that framework over ExtJS (main
reason for many is the difference in license). With that said, I am hoping those that are already using jQuery could give me a paragraphs worth of insight as to what I should pursue. As I understand it there are many community plugins that aid in a number of things including UI widgets/components. What I would like to know is what plugins I should pursue with the end goal of being able to produce something like this existing OpenRPGUI CRUDapplication.
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The amount of times a major service goes down is rare. But still, do you feel comfortable doing externally hosted cloud computing every time you see a big "oops" in the news?
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/27/gmail-accidentally-resetting-accounts-years-of-correspondence-v/
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