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September 13, 2006
Bernard Golden argues that most companies will prefer to use pools of virtualized servers, rather than computing grids, to handle spikes in application demand. Rewriting applications to run on grids, he says, is too onerous: "Generally speaking, imposing new conditions on users in order to move to a new architecture is a non-starter."
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has released a report on the "Cyber Storm" exercise it held last February, which involved the simulation of a large-scale computer attack by terrorists on crucial national infrastructure.
Joshua Porter digs into how Digg's design promotes gaming.
The Wall Street Journal's interview with me on innovation, from the Monday issue, has come out from behind the pay wall, at least temporarily, and can be read here.
Posted by nick at September 13, 2006 05:31 PM