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		<title>Cloud Pontification</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[James Governor of Redmonk wrote a blog article called &#8220;15 Ways to Tell Its Not Cloud Computing&#8221; and as much as I like these guys I believe his article was way off the mark. First off as I have been saying, some cloud definitions need to be drawn before you talk about clouds otherwise the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Botchanomics and The Big Galupe</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since we have been able to catch up with the international man of IT mystery, Botchagalupe. I was able to sit down with Botchagalupe to see what he has been up to lately. Johnmwillis: Hello, Botchagalupe, its good to have you back again. Botchagalupe: Yea, yeah, sure, sure. Johnmwillis: The last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is a Cloud</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is my definition of the Holy Grail &#8220;Cloud&#8221;. Primary Characteristics It uses commodity-based hardware as its base. The hardware can be replaced anytime without affecting the cloud. It uses a commodity-based software container system. For example, a service should be able to be pulled from one cloud provider to any other cloud provider with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Demystifying Clouds</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[force maÂ·jeure &#8211; noun Etymology: French, superior force Date: 1883 1 : superior or irresistible force 2 : an event or effect that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled â€” compare act of god I&#8217;ll admit it: I am caught up in the cloud hype. The caveat, however, is that I truly believe that this [...]]]></description>
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