I always opt for https as opposed to http if it is supported by the site or service I’m accessing. I just noticed this in my twitter settings.

For viewing your feed using https, just go to your Settings, under Account and choose “Always use HTTPS“.

So whenever you access your twitter, even if you use http, you’ll be automatically redirected to https.

I agree with both Dan Farber and Maggie Fox. They are my favorite answers.

To me cloud computing is about merging the desktop environment to the Internet which is represented by the cloud. So I’m imagining that in the future the desktop/laptop or any other hardware is just a utility to provide processing power and Internet connection. You can not pin point where your data is stored, your data is out there bundled and stamped with your DNA, that would be exciting, I mean your data can be accessed only by you or by others according to the security settings you impose. No need to worry about software and installing the latest stable version for a specific operating system. This is from a user point of view.

I’m voicing out some of the set backs that I came across and really wanted a better solution. This is mostly from an administrator point of view.

When it comes to applications that is the tricky part, because some data can be interpreted by only a certain application and it needs to be converted to another format for another application to use it. There were solution of having a layer between the different formats of data and the application, so all data accessed are transformed into a format that the application can understand. Having to install applications on machines, some solutions out there were of applications being published on the web, the down side of this, not all features are supported on the web and for extensive applications that’s another matter, I can imagine running photoshop without having to install the application!!!

Also when it comes to hardware, virtualisation helps a lot, running VmWare on several IBM blades with Linux OS and both Linux and Windows virtual machines. You have the hardware, the operating system, the virtual machine middleware and the actual servers. Even as an administrator I don’t care where a particular machine is running as long as it is getting enough resources, if it is not or the running hardware server is down, it can migrate to another hardware resource whether onsite or off-site, yeah I had tears in my eyes too when I was dealing with VmWare

When it comes to data, as along as you can access it, I do not care where it is stored, nevertheless, I care it is being backed up, validated and secured. When things crashed we didn’t worry about retrieving the data as much as the time it takes to build the machine up and run it. The data is regularly backed up!

The last issue is bandwidth, why do all services exist within the same building? We can argue security, budget, staff … but I think the most important issue is response time! How long will it take for me as a client to access a service, emails, file servers, data, etc.The real performance expectations are set, measured and cleared, none of that off the shelf studies!

What was I talking about ??? Yeah cloud computing

Every information I read clears things more or just confuses me more!

BTW, watch the video if you haven’t, some of the answers are funny!

You mean you need to convince people ???

Some may see it as: Why servers rock ?

Others may see it as: Why, servers rock!

As you may notice he just talks about the processing power. Which is the major selling point but there is so much more. I came to a conclusion, well it is a fact of life that is applicable almost anywhere, the more money you have the more awesome servers you gets to see

Servers with multiple sockets for processors, hot swapping, fiber connections, RAM GOD-power, separate physical servers merged as one, my favourite, blades with their management and so much more.

You know what makes them more beautiful, virtualisation … enough said

Yeah not an ideal thing in a data centre. But imagine rocking it out and managing your IT infrastructure in soothing style