International Workshop on Cloud Computing Call for Papers
Here’s an interesting conference if you’re up for a bit of travel…
The International Workshop on Cloud Computing in conjunction with the 9th IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid has opened its call for papers for its conference May 18-21, 2009 in Beijing.
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
* Novel architectural models for cloud computing
* Cloud resource management
* Utility models and service pricing
* New parallel / concurrent programming models for cloud computing
* Scientific computing in the cloud
* Workflows for cloud computing
* Storage as a Service
* Content Delivery Networks using Storage Clouds
* Interoperability / portability of applications and data between different
cloud providers
* Reliability of applications and services running on the cloud
* Performance monitoring for cloud applications
* Novel applications of cloud computing
Papers are due December 15, 2008. I’d be happy to go with you.
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I’m Shipping Up To Boston
While a fair number of higher ed web people are heading to Stamats today, I’m heading back to Boston for the 3rd and final session of the Educause and NERCOMP Workshop Series for IT Managers.
The series has been really informative and I’ve applied quite a bit of what I’ve learned in my day-to-day work.
Tomorrow’s sessions include on on managing up and one on performance management.
I wanted to blog the sessions, but I may be sans laptop for the trip. I picked up a new power adapter for my Macbook and while I was at the Apple Store in Crocker Park, Ohio, the genius said he could also replace the case around the trackpad as I had cracked it. I said sure, and 15 minutes later my laptop was done and good as new.
I didn’t use it until last night, when I wanted to live blog local elections results at ErieBlogs.com. I unwrapped the new adapter, plugged it in, press power and nothing happened. All I get is the sleep light blinking quickly.
I called Apple and with no store location nearby, I’ve got to mail it in. I’m going to try re-seating the RAM, as I’ve read some anecdotal reports on the web this has helped. Wish me luck.
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Vimeo Plus
I’ve been a fan of Vimeo’s video hosting site for awhile now - and now they’ve gone and made it even better. They’ve (finally) introduced a pay service, called Vimeo Plus, that gives users additional bandwidth and features. Here’s a video that talks about the new features:
Introducing Vimeo Plus! from Vimeo Staff on Vimeo.
To recap, Plus users get priority upload and encoding, 2GB a week of uploads, no ads, and maybe most importantly, the ability to embed HD videos1 anywhere you choose. All of this is available for $59 a year.
We’ve signed up - and the process was smooth and easy. I’ve definitely noticed the increased speed in processing our videos as well. You can see the videos we’ve posted there here.
1 - With the plus account, you get 1,000 HD embeds. After that, you can purchase more as you need them.
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