HP, Intel and Yahoo create cloud computing research centers

HP, Yahoo, Intel Launch Cloud Computing Test Bed

from TechCrunch by Michael Arrington

The mystery announcemnet we mentioned yesterday was just released - Yahoo, Hewlett Packard and Intel are jointly announcing a new cloud computing research initiative called the Cloud Computing Test Bed. Users will be able to build and launch new applications on the platform.

It’s being described as “a globally distributed, Internet-scale testing environment designed to encourage research on the software, data center management and hardware issues associated with cloud computing at a larger scale than ever before.” Other partners include the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) (which is distinct from the MDA, I believe, which isunfortunate), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany...

Intel, Yahoo, HP Partner On Cloud Computing

from Silicon Alley Insider by Vasanth Sridharan

HP (HPQ), Intel (INTC) and Yahoo (YHOO) announced a partnership to create data centers at each of the three companies and ones in Illinois, Germany and Singapore in order to research and innovate in cloud computing. The servers will be provided by HP, the processors are from Intel, and Yahoo's bringing the software expertise. The centers will be operational later this year.

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Cloud Computing Test Bed: Live Notes From The Conference Call

from TechCrunch by Michael Arrington

Hewlett Packard, Intel and Yahoo announced the Cloud Computing Test Bed this morning. Executives from the three companies are holding a 9 am PST conference call to discuss the new venture. Participating are Prith Banerjee, Senior Vice President, Research, HP and Director, HP Labs; Prabhakar Raghavan, Head of Yahoo! Research; and Andrew Chien, Vice President, Corporate Technology Group, Intel and Director, Intel Research...

HP, Intel and Yahoo create cloud computing research centers

from VentureBeat by Dean Takahashi

Hewlett Packard, Inteland Yahoo today announced a cloud computing research project to promote the growth of use of computing using centralized servers in the Internet “cloud.”

HP, Intel, Yahoo join forces on cloud computing research

New "test bed" project will give companies, as well as partnering researchers, access to top-notch hardware for exploring the future of the hot server-outsourcing technology.

Yahoo, Intel and HP Form Cloud Computing Labs

from PC World: Latest Technology News

Yahoo, HP and Intel are partnering for cloud computing research...