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		<title>Why Incident Management is hard?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ravi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: See [1] for the ITIL terms used in this entry. Note: Though I am only referring to Incident Management in this blog, it is also applicable to Problem Management, even though it is a separate process under ITIL. I am doing it so as to keep this blog short. While Incident Management is responsible [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=computingnebula.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7923124&#038;post=85&#038;subd=computingnebula&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Troubleshooting IT Systems</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ravi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Troubleshooting is an art  according to most IT practitioners. The reasons are not far to seek; there are no formal books on troubleshooting; it is not taught as a subject in schools; what&#8217;s more, troubleshooting is an afterthought  to be shunted to an insignificant appendix in most administration manuals. If one thinks about it, troubleshooting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=computingnebula.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7923124&#038;post=67&#038;subd=computingnebula&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>(Cloud) Computing as a utility</title>
		<link>http://computingnebula.wordpress.com/2010/03/11/cloud-computing-as-a-utility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the developed world, computing is ubiquitous. It is so common now that it is at par with electricity, cable TV, telephone service or tap water. It is hard to imagine life without computers. Today we always have the manual option, such as an operator on an 800 number. In due course, I see such [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=computingnebula.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7923124&#038;post=35&#038;subd=computingnebula&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Manageability by Design &#8211; A Definition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ravi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An IT System is Manageable By Design (MBD) if it uses Standards, Instrumentation, Interfaces, Automation, and Autonomics to facilitate the activities and purposes of IT Operations, IT Service Management (ITSM), and Information Security Management.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=computingnebula.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7923124&#038;post=47&#038;subd=computingnebula&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cloud Camp in Phoenix</title>
		<link>http://computingnebula.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/cloud-camp-in-phoenix/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ravi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are organizing a Cloud Camp in Phoenix! It is a free all day event, open to all the cloud enthusiasts, vendors, IT consumers etc. Grab your seat at the following link: http://www.cloudcamp.com/?page_id=1128 Ravi<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=computingnebula.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7923124&#038;post=36&#038;subd=computingnebula&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A tragedy in the cloud</title>
		<link>http://computingnebula.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/a-tragedy-and-a-lesson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ravi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a news report UK based hosting service company VAServ was a target of  a hacking attack, and as a result, lost data for 100,000 web sites. This is a huge blow to hosting services industry especially those who provide cheap services based on virtualization. It is not yet clear whether the attack was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=computingnebula.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7923124&#038;post=24&#038;subd=computingnebula&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Manageability in Cloud Computing</title>
		<link>http://computingnebula.wordpress.com/2009/06/08/manageability1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ravi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been many attempts to define and characterize Cloud Computing recently. NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) leads with a draft. And then there have been some following articles in the blogosphere here and here. And this one appeared before the NIST draft. What is interesting is that the NIST draft provided the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=computingnebula.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7923124&#038;post=14&#038;subd=computingnebula&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Change Management in the Cloud</title>
		<link>http://computingnebula.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/change-management-in-the-cloud/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 05:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ravi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Change Management is an essential process of any IT department. Change Management ensures that only authorized and carefully considered Changes are implemented. There are planned Changes and there are unplanned or emergency Changes and there is a process to handle both. Typically the RFC (Request For Change) are raised when one of the following happens: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=computingnebula.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7923124&#038;post=8&#038;subd=computingnebula&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Public clouds v/s private clouds</title>
		<link>http://computingnebula.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/public-clouds-vs-private-clouds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 15:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ravi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the major objections to cloud computing has been that it is not secure enough. There is some truth to it and it is not an easy matter to secure an entire enterprise in a public cloud. Given all the apprehensions about the security, privacy, legislation involved, it is safe to say that the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=computingnebula.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7923124&#038;post=5&#038;subd=computingnebula&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pay as you go</title>
		<link>http://computingnebula.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/pay-as-you-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 15:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ravi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read Dave Malcolm Surgient&#8217;s blog on the characteristics of cloud computing. As cloud computing still remains nebulous, this kind of clarity helps everyone understand it a little better. He talks about five characteristics, which I list here: Characteristic 1: Dynamic computing infrastructure Characteristic 2: IT service-centric approach Characteristic 3: Self-service based usage model Characteristic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=computingnebula.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7923124&#038;post=3&#038;subd=computingnebula&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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