Cloud Slam ’10 is a virtual Cloud Computing event covering all aspects of the hottest topic in IT. The event provides for attendees to network, get up to speed with the latest happenings in the industry, and experience the technology in a lab (virtual lab that is).

The event is scheduled for April 19-23, 2010. For details please see http://www.cloudslamevent.com.

For Early Bird Ticket see here: http://www.cloudslamevent.com/cs10_eb_admission

The database is a community effort. It is fully open for anyone so please go ahead and add incident information whenever you spot something.

Dmitry

Are you still updating the Cloud Computing Incidents Database or has that quiesced? (http://wiki.cloudcommunity.org/wiki/CloudComputing:Incidents_Database ).

I ask because the recent Amazon EC2 outage (http://blog.internetnews.com/agoldman/2009/06/amazon-ec2-lightning-outage-us.html) was not referenced.

Todd

This is a good question. Telcos have the infrastructure, money to invest, and desire to diversify their business – so going into cloud computing provider model is quite lucrative for them.

However, they are not really viewed as cloud vendors yet. My guess is that they can become viable players if they partner with others: e.g. join VMware and host vCloud infrastructure, or talk to Microsoft and host Azure when it is ready.

Dmitry

I heard that Verizon Business will be entering into the IaaS/CaaS space this year. What challenges do you see for VZB to emerge as one of the front runners? And what advantages does a large Telco like VZB have because of who they are?

Thanks Mike