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There has been a lot of buzz around cloud technologies. What resources would you recommend that review the cloud computing world, and helps one get the big picture and current trends?
In addition to reading these overviews, what would you recommend as first steps to get acquainted with these technologies?
I did some similar research recently, here is a link that gives a good comparison between the major providers:
http://cloudenterprise.info/2008/10/29/microsoft-azure-vs-amazon-google-and-vmware/
I also recommend checking out the "meta-providers" such as RightScale, who make managing your cloud a bit simpler.