What is Cloud Computing?

I need to know what is cloud computing and whether there's any similarity between "ESB" (Enterprise Service Bus") and "Cloud".
*If they are similar*, what is the best solution?
*If they are not similar*, where to use 'ESB' and where to use 'Cloud'?
Thanks!

Well, We cannot compare Cloud Vs ESB.Both work in a different manner and concptually different.
ESBs are good for routing messages to multiple destinations. It is also good for doing transformations that have little to no business rules. The footprint is much smaller and incurs minimal overhead therefore the performance is much better.
Use ESB when You want a really low cost solution,Only need connectivity, simple transformations and routing of messages.
Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous,convenient, on-demand n/w access to shared pool of configurable resources . for ex: servers,networks,apps, services that can be rapidly provisioned.
There are different model of cloud: basically, delivery models:
SaaS,PaaS,IaaS
SaaS (Software as a service) - here consumers does not have control over operating system,hardware or any n/w infrastructure. Instead, It uses an application.
PaaS (Platform as a Service) - here The consumer controls the applications that run in the environment (and possibly has some control over the hosting environment), but does not control the operating system, hardware or network
infrastructure on which they are running.The consumer uses a hosting environment for their applications.
IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) - The consumer can control the operating system, storage, deployed applications and possibly networking components such as firewalls and load balancers, but not the cloud infrastructure beneath them. The consumer uses "fundamental computing resources" such as processing power, storage, networking components or middleware.
I think i would not be wrong if i take examples for cloud as : Email hosting, Gmail, Facebook and social networking sites..etc.
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Santosh Shetgar

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Hi,
Glad to see you want to come aboard the cloud computing ship
If you didn't read it already, I would start with the Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing
This pdf is also very good and it exlpains Oracle's cloud computing strategy: http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/cloud/oracle-cloud-computing-wp-076373.pdf
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Good luck!

Role of SAP vendors in Cloud Computing

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Need information aboout Oracle Cloud Computing.

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Please see the following links.
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Hello everyone
I am doing a research on cloud computing aiming to identify what benefits have been realized and what possible challenges are introduced using different cloud service models i.e. Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service
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I am, therefore, looking for survey participants who have any experience with IaaS, PaaS, SaaS adoption or use in their organizations.
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Syed,
What do you mean by "how to use cloud computing for installing and maintaining Oracle Apps and PS (Enterprise application)"? Please elaborate more.
Oracle Apps installation manual can be found at:
Applications Releases 11i and 12
http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/index.html
All Oracle Apps R12 installation documents can be found in (Note: 405565.1 - Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Guidelines).
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Cloud Computing

Hi everybody,
There's a lot of good information coming from the experts here.
It seems to me that more and more people are using the cloud to store their data. It frees up space on their hard drives.
Just how safe is it?
What security is available to insure that my data is safe and is not being subverted?
Are there any restrictions as to what data is allowed to be saved to the cloud?
Does the company that hosts the cloud have access to my data?
It seems to me that a company or an individual could store questionable data to the cloud if there weren't any restrictions on content.
Are there any recommendations as to what clouds are good to use? Which ones are safe?
What happens to your cloud if the company that hosts it goes out of business or gets sold or merged to another company? I think I already know the answer to this one. I'll bet a lightning bolt gets shot into my cloud and my stuff disappears.
I've been tempted to use cloud computing, but I'm just a little leery of the implications.
I use a few hosting sites to store some pictures, but nothing major.
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How safe your data is or what happens to it if the company fails aren't functions of "the cloud', but rather functions of the companies with which you choose to do business. If you're looking at a cloud-based provider, some questions you will want answered include:
1. What type of encryption is used to store the data?
2. Who, besides yourself, will be able to decrypt and/or access that data?
3. What contingency plan does the company have in place in the event of failure (natural or financial)?
The biggest advantage to out-sourcing your data storage is so that you can access that data from multple devices / locations. This also means that the biggest disadvantage is that the data you've stored can be accessed from multiple devices / locations. If your login credentials are stolen, attackers could gain access to the data you've shared.
Some folks will encrypt files before they are uploaded with a second layer of encryption applied at the host. If you're storing sensitive data, encrypting data twice is a good idea. If you're storing non-sensitive data, then the encryption supplied by the cloud supplier is probably fine.
Note that whatever you store there will be subject to subpoena / search / seizure if it's suspected you are engaged in illegal activities.

Cloud Computing Decrease Job Opportunity

Hi Guru's,
I have a query about Cloud Computing now everyone talking about the same, that from 2014 companies start thinking about the same. So it means DBA jobs are less in market
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Kindly guide over this.

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Hi Vikas,
So in this scenario what you suggest to do wheather we need to update
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A good Sysadmin will have a good knowledge
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Paul...

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Cloud Computing vis-à-vis (in relation to) Web Sevices .
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Building Flex application with Flex Builder in a Remote Server - Cloud Computing

Hey Guys
I have a query or its confusion probably
I was just thinking if this kind of solution is existing or possible with say cloud computing or anything else?
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Coherence - Cloud computing

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Edited by: user606712 on Nov 23, 2010 10:20 PM
Edited by: user606712 on Nov 23, 2010 10:37 PM

Hi oracle.An
Coherence can be used in a "Cloud". You could run you Coherence cluster in the cloud or you could run your client applications in the cloud, or both. Obviously with the dynamic nature of clouds you need to do things a bit differently when it comes to configuration as you cannot have fixed IP addresses for things. I think a few people have experimented with running Coherence on clouds and I have had discussions with people about how you could run Coherence "on demand" on an internal cloud so I would think Coherence can belong in the Cloud space if that is how you want to say it.
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Is there any API available in java for implementing cloud computing???
Edited by: M.Senthil_Kumar on Aug 1, 2009 10:27 PM
Edited by: M.Senthil_Kumar on Aug 1, 2009 10:28 PM

M.Senthil_Kumar wrote:
Is there any API available in java for implementing cloud computing???Depends on what you mean. Some of the clouds are accessible through custom Java APIs that they provide.
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