The Open Cirrus cloud computing test bed led by HP, Intel and Yahoo has broadened the global impact of cloud computing. With over 50 research projects currently plugged into Open Cirrus now including the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute in South Korea and MIMOS in Malaysia cloud is affecting more and more companies, agencies and colleges outside of the US, where much of the leading edge work has been done.IBM has also helped broaden the reach of cloud computing with their work with Vietnam Technology and Telecommunications and the Wang Fu Jing department store chain in China, one of China’s largest retailers. The city of Wuxi is also using an IMB cloud for test/dev purposes.
These global early adopters will play a key role in bringing new opportunities and problems to solve in the cloud computing realm. BlueLock has also seen a rise in global attention to the capabilities of virtualization solutions. We now have clients in 4 countries and over 10 time zones, and the national and international list of prospects keeps growing!
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