[ Cloud Computing ] Re: Front Ends to Cloud Hosted Applications

Bob, I too can see how applications like exchange, blackberry services and other applications can be moved to the cloud for SMB and other businesses. These applications from the hosting side can be spun up quickly and segmented for security with domain access per customer.

 

But as you stated, how can older applications be moved to the cloud? I will answer that question with a question if I may for the group. Do you feel that only "virtualized" applications can eventually be moved to the cloud? What about physical servers/workloads?

 

The reason I ask is that the mainframe world consisted of "workloads" which for all current purposes and definintions is a VM in today's verbiage. These workloads represented a CICS region or a IMS database process or backups. This same technology is what a VM represents today.

 

So my challenge to the group is can physical workloads (computing, network and storage) move to the cloud much like we choose which gas provider for our homes? Will the "Cloud" ever become a pool of hosting providers who pitch their prices, SLA's and storage cost so customers will come to their "cloud" for services?

 

Check out www.liquidcomputing.com for the ability to move a logical server (compute, network definitions and storage (Netapp standard but others supported)) from one site to another. Will older physical servers be moved around like virtual servers? Time will tell.

 

Regards,

Bruce

-------------- Original message from Bob Slook <bslook@csc.com>: --------------

UI Question,

I see how CC fits nicely into apps. where the demand changes dynamically and how an application could leverage Services in the cloud but I'm struggling with how to an application with a non-web user interface could be migrated to the cloud. 

 

 

There are lots of older apps. out there that may benefit from moving to the cloud but how would you deal with the user interface.   I thought of Citrix but was interested in other people's ideas on tools and designs.

 

Bob Slook

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