Cloud roundup: Amazon takes seven months to fix a security hole in its cloud platform, Ovum warns users about cloud reliability, and Wall Street IT folks debate grid vs. cloud
Cisco is now extending its Data Center 3.0 vision to cloud computing, and sees its networking gear and technologies enabling an "InterCloud" of interconnected cloud platforms.
A Gartner analyst predicts "thousands" of specialized cloud computing providers will emerge, creating opportunities for systems integrators and VARs to act as service brokers.
At the Gartner Data Center Conference, 51 percent of the audience of enterprise users expects to be using external cloud services in some fashion by 2010.
IBM (IBM) is expanding its service offerings for cloud computing, offering a validation program for service providers and consulting services for companies pursuing a range of paths to the cloud.