Comments on: Google gets into cloud services http://blog.jungledisk.com/2008/04/08/google-gets-into-cloud-services/ Reliable online storage powered by Amazon S3 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:56:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Hans http://blog.jungledisk.com/2008/04/08/google-gets-into-cloud-services/#comment-563 Hans Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:37:40 +0000 http://blog.jungledisk.com/2008/04/08/google-gets-into-cloud-services/#comment-563 I don't know exactly who it was but not too long ago some CEO made fun of Bill Gates that in times of Web 2.0, he was still thinking it was all about software... Well, name it what you want but creating/consuming cloud APIs, running web services, building RIAs with all its bells and whistles etc. will always need and be nothing without tailor-made, application oriented execution logic. I'm far from being a Bill Gates fan but I name this software, too, and you are right with your strategy. :-) I don’t know exactly who it was but not too long ago some CEO made fun of Bill Gates that in times of Web 2.0, he was still thinking it was all about software…

Well, name it what you want but creating/consuming cloud APIs, running web services, building RIAs with all its bells and whistles etc. will always need and be nothing without tailor-made, application oriented execution logic.
I’m far from being a Bill Gates fan but I name this software, too, and you are right with your strategy. :-)

]]> By: Pablo http://blog.jungledisk.com/2008/04/08/google-gets-into-cloud-services/#comment-562 Pablo Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:30:50 +0000 http://blog.jungledisk.com/2008/04/08/google-gets-into-cloud-services/#comment-562 Agree completely as well. Things like JungleDisk and Heroku make me really excited about accelerating the rate at which innovation can occur by not bogging down ideas with pesky operational problems. Agree completely as well. Things like JungleDisk and Heroku make me really excited about accelerating the rate at which innovation can occur by not bogging down ideas with pesky operational problems.

]]> By: Stephen http://blog.jungledisk.com/2008/04/08/google-gets-into-cloud-services/#comment-561 Stephen Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:30:14 +0000 http://blog.jungledisk.com/2008/04/08/google-gets-into-cloud-services/#comment-561 To take the comment by XavierL one step further would be to have the files backed up via JungleDisk locally on some pretty advanced network policies in more real time and then backed up to S3 (or whoever in the future) on a more server side schedules, like overnight or something. To take the comment by XavierL one step further would be to have the files backed up via JungleDisk locally on some pretty advanced network policies in more real time and then backed up to S3 (or whoever in the future) on a more server side schedules, like overnight or something.

]]> By: XavierL http://blog.jungledisk.com/2008/04/08/google-gets-into-cloud-services/#comment-559 XavierL Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:49:14 +0000 http://blog.jungledisk.com/2008/04/08/google-gets-into-cloud-services/#comment-559 "I think these announcements further validate Jungle Disk’s strategy of focusing on building great storage software rather than building datacenters and server farms." 100% agree. I love the jungleDisk client and I use it for about a year and a half now. Amazon S3 is fine but it could well be someone's else datacenter - I don't really care. What I would love is to host my own disk/server and use the JungleDisk client for backups and remote files access. I would probably maintain two batches of all my backups: one on-line as usual and one local, using the same client software. My "precious files" are worth (to me) the effort. XavierL “I think these announcements further validate Jungle Disk’s strategy of focusing on building great storage software rather than building datacenters and server farms.”

100% agree. I love the jungleDisk client and I use it for about a year and a half now. Amazon S3 is fine but it could well be someone’s else datacenter - I don’t really care. What I would love is to host my own disk/server and use the JungleDisk client for backups and remote files access.

I would probably maintain two batches of all my backups: one on-line as usual and one local, using the same client software. My “precious files” are worth (to me) the effort.

XavierL

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