The transition from centralized computing resources to personal computing unleashed a multi-decade wave of productivity.
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Why simulate relativity when Newtonian mechanics requires simpler math, and therefore fewer computing resources?
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More specifically, cloud computing refers to a hosting environment that leverages pooled computing resources by way of virtualization.
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This creates demand for research infrastructure as professors and advanced science students require computing resources for research projects.
Sceptics may wonder why private companies would ever want to share computing resources co-operatively, as particle physicists are doing.
Far from suffering from bloat the new Windows is actually a more efficient user of computing resources than the last version.
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These devices will be tuned to the specific needs of its owner with an un-thinkable amount of computing resources at its disposal.
But cheap storage and computing resources are now available in the cloud, so analysing Big Data is no longer such a financial challenge.
Google is about breaking new ground and maximizing productivity with minimal computing resources at the possible disadvantage of requiring completely new tools and methods.
The original and essential value proposition of the cloud is to turn as many computing resources as possible into commodities that are available on demand.
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The three search giants, plus Amazon , eBay and others, are all giving away code, offering up computing resources and begging hackers to build with them.
With this approach, the servers could feasibly replace conventional furnaces, thus providing heat for the homes and buildings while providing computing resources for cloud service providers.
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So too is software that allocates computing resources more efficiently.
Challenges to be overcome include security issues, the complexity of managing multiple distributed systems, and the mistrust that may exist between companies sharing each other's computing resources, Barrett said.
Yet for the vision to become reality, something is still missing: a set of tools to manage all these computing resources an operating system for the data centre, if you will.
Environmental concerns have become important for most businesses but in the high tech world they have become de rigeur because of the staggering amount of power and computing resources that are used.
Amazon built X-Ray using its expertise in language processing and machine learning, access to significant storage and computing resources with Amazon S3 and EC2, and a deep library of book and character information.
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By moving IT infrastructure to a centralized computing "power plant" rather than hosting their own processing and storage, Carr says, companies are able to buy computing resources at lower prices and avoid large initial technology investments.
The company has an advantage there, as search now requires vast computing resources that no startup seems able to match and Google is still in a good place to address the intellectual challenges of making search better.
When used to process unclassified information, sharing cloud computing resources can nominally provide the operational advantages of a private cloud with a cost closer to that of a public cloud due to the expected economies of scale from combined user communities.
Besides companies like Amazon and ATT, which offer computing resources other companies can use, IBM operates its own public cloud, which it is loading with more software (like email and collaboration) that companies can access without the headaches of running it themselves.
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Companies that were quick to spot the move to constant computing but misjudged the resources needed are now scrambling to size themselves correctly.
Thanks to cloud computing and social networking resources, it now costs virtually pennies to secure and get the infrastructure needed up and running to get a new venture off the ground.
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He scrapped the ICT curriculum from last September and called on schools to use online resources to teach computing so that even 11-year-olds would be capable of writing simple 2D computer animations.
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The ultimate goal of virtualisation is to make a data centre, or even several of them, look like a single pool of computing, storage and networking resources that can be allocated as needed.
Cloud computing companies can invest far more resources in data backup and security than your business can.
Cloud computing is more than the machines and resources that run and deliver IT services.
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Cloud-computing refers to the utilization of digital resources through the Internet, as opposed to holding data in in-house mainframes.
Further, more businesses are deploying cloud computing environments in an effort to pool resources and cut costs.
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