Scratching itches in the cloud (O'Reilly Radar): O'Reilly and Sriram Krishna describe three key problems being introduced by "the cloud", including the inherent difficulty of working with the software itself (whether its open or closed source), potentials for "data lock-in", and the barrier to entry of building a competitive site. Again, I think this argues for a standards around utility computing portability--not just for data, as O'Reilly suggests here, but also for server images and application images. See the earlier discussion documented here and here.
Web Services war is over: Time to REST (The Future of Software): Puh-lease... Those of us with real experience in developing highly scalable distributed applications have always known that WS-* was more vendor opportunity than great architecture, but I'll believe REST has won when I see Google, PG&E and others convert their web services from SOAP-RPC/JAX-WS/whatever. Amazon is a force to be reckoned with, but there is a lot of war left to be fought. It reminds me of the COM+ (now .NET) vs. J2EE battles fought in the late nineties--any winner there yet? The good news is that none of this matters to SLAuto users, assuming their service level monitors at the service component level understand both REST and WS-*.
Service Must Be Job #1 In The Data Center (InformationWeek): Gee, does that mean that it all comes down to meeting service expectations...as defined in service level agreements...which can, in forward thinking organizations, lead to policies that can automate resource allocation...which, in turn, leads to reliable measurement of resource consumption? Believe me when I tell you that this is exactly why I am passionate about this subject. Best quote in the article:
Amen.As eBay's Smart put it: "The next generation data center has to be about changing the nature of the data center and its relationship to the business. Understanding these relationships allows you to go to your boss and say that you know the cost of delivering the value of this service."
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