Cloud inventor dies
Published in Cloud
22 September 2023

Cloud inventor dies


Barroso ripped up Google’s rule book.

The Brazilian engineer Luiz Andre Barroso, who Google credited for inventing the Cloud, has died he was 59.

Cloud is getting too expensive
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Bringing things in-house is saving cash.

It is starting to look like the cloud companies are charging too much, and customers are voting with their feet.

Apple admits that data should be kept off its cloud
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Much safer that way

Fruity cargo cult Apple has effectively admitted that if you want to keep your data safe it is problem better that you don’t put it on its cloud.

VMWare and Nvidia release AI software tools
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For datacentre use

VMware and Nvidia have developed a new set of software tools for businesses which want to develop generative artificial intelligence in their data centres rather than the cloud.

Microsoft slammed for poor security
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Tries to keep too much secret

Software King of the world Microsoft has been slammed by a security company for its poor security on Azure and for encouraging a "culture of toxic obfuscation."