Entries by Bob McIlvride

Cloud Economics 3: The Value of Timeliness

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Real-time cloud computing is all about the value of timeliness. People who are watching and interacting with real-time processes expect at least the same kind of responsiveness as you get with Google.

Cloud Economics 2: Definitions

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Joe Weinman chooses to define the concept of “cloud” in cloud computing in a way that brings out five essential attributes that are common to other cloud-like systems in business and life in general.

Cloud Economics 1: A Vision

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I thought it might be a good idea to take a deeper look at the business and economic side of cloud computing, and see how the latest thinking about cloud economics may or may not apply to real-time applications.

SCADA for the Masses?

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In a recent Linkedin discussion among the SCADA Professionals group, Manny Romero, of Madison Technologies in Sydney, Australia suggested that the cloud could provide “SCADA to the masses.”

SCADA Professionals Weigh In

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For the past few weeks members of the SCADA Professionals group of Linkedin have been discussing the question: “When you think of a cloud based SCADA/monitoring system, what issues come to your mind?”