* 2008-10-24: [http://app.digitimes.com.tw/print.aspx?zNotesDocId=0000110540_RVZ4O7P45LQKM4LBQPHP9 IT要聞－Gartner看好SaaS後勢　預計2012年市場規模將達148億美元]
 * 2008-10-23: [http://kevinljackson.blogspot.com/2008/10/why-cloud-processing-exploitation-and.html Why the Cloud? Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination]
 * 2008-10-22: [http://gartner.com/research/fellows/asset_207927_1176.jsp Virtualization as the Platform for Cloud Computing] (Interview @ 2008-05-02)
 * 2008-10-22: [http://www.hyperic.com/blog/hyperic/2008/10/22/idc-cloud-computing-to-be-10-of-all-it-spend-in-5-years/ IDC: Cloud Computing to be 10% of all IT spend in 5 years]
 * 2008-10-20: [http://idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS21480708 IDC Finds Cloud Computing Entering Period of Accelerating Adoption and Poised to Capture IT Spending Growth Over the Next Five Years]
 * 2008-10-18: [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10069657-62.html?tag=pt1318 Missing in the Cloud: package managment]
   * [http://kevinljackson.blogspot.com/2008/10/cloud-package-management.html Cloud Package Management]
 * 2008-10-15: [http://www.networkworld.com/cgi-bin/mailto/x.cgi?pagetosend=/export/home/httpd/htdocs/news/2008/101508-ex-google-yahoo-employees-behind-hadoop.html&pagename=/news/2008/101508-ex-google-yahoo-employees-behind-hadoop.html&pageurl=http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/101508-ex-google-yahoo-employees-behind-hadoop.html&site=printpage  Ex-Google, Yahoo employees behind Hadoop startup]
 * 2008-10-15: [http://www.cio.com/article/print/454906 Virtualization Tops Gartner's 10 Strategic Technologies for 2009]
   * '''Cloud Computing''' is 2nd Strategic Technologies for 2009!!
 * 2008-10-15: [http://www.zdnet.com.tw/print/?id=20132410 Web 2.0、SaaS與雲端運算 只是新流行語而已？！]
 * 2008-10-14: [http://apache.sys-con.com/node/708008/print Cloud Computing & Cloudy AJAX: Putting RIAs on Amazon's EC2 with Savings & Efficiency]
 * 2008-10-13: New York Times: [http://www.nytimes.com/external/venturebeat/2008/10/13/13venturebeat-the-cloud-isnt-for-everyone-99024.html?pagewanted=print The cloud isn’t for everyone]
 * 2008-10-13: [http://gridgurus.typepad.com/grid_gurus/2008/10/cloud-and-grid.html Cloud and Grid are Complementary Technologies]
   - 一直以來大家總是在爭論格網(Grid)與雲端(Cloud)的差異，姑且不論到底雲端是基於格網，亦或格網基於雲端，但目前看起來這兩者確實是相輔相承的。
 * 2008-10-12: [http://cloudsecurity.org/2008/10/12/privacy-in-the-cloud-show-me-the-money/ Privacy In the Cloud: Show Me The Money]
 * 2008-10-10: [http://scienceblogs.com/goodmath/2008/01/databases_are_hammers_mapreduc.php Databases are hammers; MapReduce is a screwdriver] 
 * 2008-10-10: [http://www.hadoop.tw/2008/10/databases-are-hammers-mapreduce-is-a-screwdriver.html 中譯: 資料庫系統是榔頭; MapReduce 則是螺絲起子] 
 * 2008-10-09: [http://www.sdtimes.com/link/32954 Developers discuss ways to program in cloud environments]
 * 2008-10-08: [http://www.gandalf-lab.com/blog/2008/10/comparing-appengine-ec2-and-caroline.html Comparing AppEngine , EC2 and Caroline]
 * 2008-10-06: [http://networkindustryreview.co.uk/index.php/applications/clouds-hopping-is-the-key-to-cloud-computing/ Cloud Hopping is the Key to Cloud Computing]
 * 2008-10-04: [http://opensource.sys-con.com/node/693641/print Cloud Computing Is for Capitalist Pigs - Raul Castro]
 * 2008-10-03: [http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2008/pulpit_20081003_005496.html Data Debasement: Cloud computing will change the way we look at databases]
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We’re entering the age of cloud computing, remember? And clouds, it turns out, don’t like databases, at least not as they have traditionally been used.
我們正進入雲端運算的時代,記得嗎? 然而雲端似乎不喜歡資料庫, 至少不像以前那樣使用資料庫. (Jazz: 哈~真是一語道破資料庫轉換的門檻啊!!)
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 * 2008-10-02: [http://mr6.cc/?p=2281 「雲端運算」（雲計算）已經講到爛？Gartner建議從二分法重新學起]
 * 2008-10-01: [http://www.gridbus.org/reports/CloudITPlatforms2008.pdf Cloud Computing and Emerging IT Platforms: Vision, Hype, and Reality for Delivering Computing as the 5th Utility]

= IT Cloud Services User Survey =

 * 2008-09-23: [http://blogs.idc.com/ie/?p=189 IDC on “the Cloud”: Table of Contents]
 * 2008-09-29: [http://blogs.idc.com/ie/?p=205 IT Cloud Services User Survey, pt.1: Crossing the Chasm]
 * 2008-10-02: [http://blogs.idc.com/ie/?p=210 IT Cloud Services User Survey, pt.2: Top Benefits & Challenges]
 * 2008-10-03: [http://blogs.idc.com/ie/?p=213 IT Cloud Services User Survey, pt.3: What Users Want From Cloud Services Providers]