Institution takes on Cloud.

I had the opportunity to catch a short seminar by Tan Chee Chiang, Assoc. Director, High Performance Computing, Computer Centre, NUS. Briefly here what I summarised from the interview:-

From institution point of view cloud computing:-

• Allow for high density servers requiring special power and cooling
• Short term peak during term end, and project peak period
• Agility to function like a rubber-band in providing services

Challenges:-

• Stable connectivity between consumer and the cloud service provider.
• Data security in the cloud.