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by Chris Chiappinelli, MA Editorial Staff Posted on Sunday, April 27, 2008 4:00:00 AM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    | Abstract: | IBM's Critical Enterprise Cloud Computing Services facility will link the data centers at Georgia Tech and Ohio State, a step toward commercializing the virtualization technology that powers many Web services. |
| Keywords: | cloud computing, virtualization, virtualized data centers |
The clouds are gathering, and IBM couldn't be happier.
In conjunction with the Georgia Institute of Technology and Ohio State University, Big Blue recently announced that it will create the Critical Enterprise Cloud Computing Services facility, a "prototype computing cloud that links data centers from the two institutions," according to an IBM statement.
The recent profusion of the term "cloud computing" has left some people wondering what's behind the marketing vapor. In the context of IBM's work, cloud computing is a virtualized data center with automated management of functions that once required hands-on attention from IT staff.
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