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IBM Opens New Cloud Computing Laboratory

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the head-in-the-clouds dept.

Rob writes "InfoGrok is reporting that IBM is in the process of opening a new cloud computing laboratory, based out of Singapore. The new lab's primary aim is to help business, government, and research institutions to design, adopt, and reap benefits of cloud technologies. The lab will help IBM's clients deploy first-of-a-kind solutions that increase business responsiveness and performance."

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  1. Singapore by Jurily · · Score: 5, Insightful

    All the other words in the summary are buzzwords.

  2. And? by LS · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is anyone else here thinking: so what? Sounds like a press release with almost nothing of interest.

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    There is a fine line between being a cultivated citizen and being someone else's crop. - A. J. Patrick Liszkie
  3. cue the naysayers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Seems there's a pattern. Internet starts becoming popular: "That's nothing we can't do with our 9600 baud modems..." Facebook becomes popular: "That's nothing we can't do with email..." GUI's become popular, "That's nothing we can't do with a csh prompt..." javascript and flash become popular: "That's nothing we can't do with html..." Windows becomes popular, "That's nothing we can't do on our Sun workstations". The naysayers dissing something is a surefire sign it'll be huge in 5 or 10 years.

    Same now with cloud computing. Enough slashdotters dissing it makes me want to invest in it, because if there's one constant, it's that opinion here is a polar opposite of the public at large. Slashdot: "It means nothing!" --> it'll be the next big thing.

    There are always people who want things to remain as they always were, so they don't have to ever change or adapt to new things. But time moves on regardless.

    1. Re:cue the naysayers by biryokumaru · · Score: 4, Insightful

      There are always people who want things to remain as they always were, so they don't have to ever change or adapt to new things. But time moves on regardless.

      When things change, they don't always get better. For things to get better, they always have to change.

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      When you're afraid to download music illegally in your own home, then the terrorists have won!
  4. Advertising masquerading as news by Whuffo · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Thanks for that but I get all the ads I want from Television.