How bout the billing for computing service. Grid has billing.
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan <[email protected]> wrote: > Offloading CPU intensive job. > > For example, you are a home-based 3D graphic designer. You have to render 3D > object. > > Before cloud computing, you have to buy your own powerful computer with > powerful CPU. With cloud computing, you offload that rendering job to the > cloud. > > Few hours later, or the next day you woke up, your job is complete. > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Muhammad Najmi Ahmad Zabidi > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> One question, >> >> In what sense cloud computing can benefit home users. >> >> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Mohd Fazli Azran Abd Malek >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > IELO, Mandriva, and Nexedi this week joined forces and formed the Free >> > Cloud >> > Alliance, which will work to push open source products for cloud >> > computing. >> > >> > The Free Cloud Alliance was formed to show that companies can build a >> > cloud-based infrastructure using open source products, according to >> > Jean-Paul Smets, CEO at Nexedi. The members also want to work toward >> > cloud >> > services that provide the same operational benefits offered by, for >> > example, >> > Amazon, but at the same time give users access to the source code and >> > their >> > data in its native form, Smets said. >> > >> > "If you have access to the source code and your data in its native form >> > you >> > don't run the risk of being locked in to one vendor," said Smets. >> > >> > The products offered by the Free Cloud Alliance include the NiftyName >> > Virtual Datacenter and Block Storage Server from IELO; Xtreem Storage >> > Server >> > from Mandriva; Neo Storage Server and SLAP Cloud Engine from Nexedi; and >> > the >> > OEM Platform from TioLive, a Nexedi subsidiary. All the products are >> > "free >> > as in beer and free as in freedom," according to the Free Cloud Alliance >> > Web >> > site. Users get access to the source code and pay for enterprise >> > support, if >> > they need it. >> > >> > NiftyName Virtual Datacenter provides a platform for anyone who wants to >> > offer infrastructure as a service. Site setup is provided for €4,000 >> > (US$5,400) and enterprise support costs €500 per node and year. The SLAP >> > (Simple Languages for Accounting and Provisioning) Cloud Engine is used >> > to >> > automatically share and manage server resources, which can be available >> > on >> > either virtual or physical servers. Enterprise support costs from €50 >> > per >> > year and server. >> > >> > TioLive's OEM Platform can be used by companies that want to create an >> > ERP >> > (enterprise resource planning) or CRM (customer resource management) >> > application and offer it as a service. Enterprise support is available >> > at >> > €5,000 per seat and year. The Alliance is looking for more open source >> > software publishers that want to become members. To join they will need >> > a >> > strong belief in software freedom, just like the current members, said >> > Smets. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Mohd Fazli Azran >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Owasp-Malaysia mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-malaysia >> > >> > OWASP Malaysia Wiki >> > http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Malaysia >> > >> > OWASP Malaysia Wiki Facebook >> > http://www.facebook.com/pages/OWASP-Malaysia-Local-Chapter/295989208420 >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Owasp-Malaysia mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-malaysia >> >> OWASP Malaysia Wiki >> http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Malaysia >> >> OWASP Malaysia Wiki Facebook >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/OWASP-Malaysia-Local-Chapter/295989208420 > > > > -- > Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan > _______________________________________________ Owasp-Malaysia mailing list [email protected] https://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-malaysia OWASP Malaysia Wiki http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Malaysia OWASP Malaysia Wiki Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/OWASP-Malaysia-Local-Chapter/295989208420
