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Cloud Computing Preakness 2017 updates

Updated: 1:57 PM EDT May 15, 2017

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May 15 - Klaravich Stables and William Lawrences Cloud Computing, who will become the first Preakness starter for trainer Chad Brown, is scheduled to leave Belmont Park Tuesday around 10 a.m. for the approximately four-hour van ride to Pimlico.

A winner of one race in three starts, Cloud Computing ran most recently in Aqueducts Wood Memorial April 8 and finished third. Unraced as a 2-year-old, the son of Macleans Music won his career debut in impressive fashion in February at Aqueduct over the inner track and subsequently finished second in the Gotham.

I think he deserves a shot, Brown said. Obviously, the Derby winner is really impressive and hes going to be hard to beat. But were just looking to take our chance and hopefully he gets a good trip and it works out for him and he likes the surface at Pimlico.

Brown, who is seeking his first victory in a Triple Crown race, said Cloud Computing has come to hand quickly since making his career debut Feb 11.

He acts like he will [take a step forward], Brown said. Hes a lightly raced horse and that is why we skipped the Derby. We thought he needed a little bit more time. Hes come along fast. We always thought he had a lot of talent. He needs to get to that mile-and-three-sixteenths distance, which Im confident he can. I think the six weeks between races will play into his favor.

Javier Castellano, who won the 2006 Preakness aboard Bernardini, his first mount in the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, will ride Cloud Computing.

May 14 - Trainer Chad Brown reported that everything was all good with Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence's Cloud Computing Sunday morning.

The son of Macleans Music breezed four furlongs in 48 4/5 seconds over the training track at Belmont Park Saturday morning.

Cloud Computing, who finished third in the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct in his most recent start, is scheduled to ship to Pimlico Tuesday.

WEBVTT JASON: WELCOME BACK.JOINING US TO TALK MORE ABOUTTHE BIG RACE, THIS IS YOURDISTRICT, AND THE CEO OF THEGROUP THAT OWN AND OPERATE THETRUCK.THANK YOU FOR COMING BY.I WAS HOPING FOR SUNSHINE TODAYAS WE DID THE INTERVIEW.GLOBALLY, COME RACE TIME WE WILLHAVE SOME SUN.THIS IS A GREAT THING FOR THEHUMIDITY.TELL US HOW PROUD THE COMMUNITYIS WHEN THIS DAY COMES AROUND.>> RUNNING OF THE PREAKNESSSTAKES IS ICONIC TO BALTIMORESTREET EDITION.IT IS IMPORTANT FOR BALTIMORE TOHAVE ONE OF THE BIGGEST SPORTINGEVENTS RIGHT HERE IN PARKHEIGHTS, VERY IMPORTANT FOR THECOMMUNITY TO HAVE.IT IS GREAT THAT SO MANY PEOPLECOME OUT YEAR AFTER YEAR TO THISFACILITY.JASON: YOU BRING A BIG CROWD.WHAT IS IT LIKE WHEN YOU CROSSTHAT FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS THE TRACKAND SEE THEM MOUNTING?THEY'LL COME TO THIS ONE AREAFOR THE ONE-DAY142 YEARS IN THE RUNNING.IT IS AMAZING.ONE OF THE OLDEST SPORTINGEVENTS IN AMERICA.IT IS WELL BEFORE BASEBALL ANDFOOTBALL AND EVERY THING ELSE.WE ARE PROUD TO BE PART OF ITAND BE THE CARETAKERS.JASO IT IS A GOODCOLLABORATION.IN ORDER FOR IT TO HAPPEN, THESETWO ENTITIES HAVE TO COMETOGETHER, YEAH?>> YES, THERE HAS TO BE A LOT OFWORK BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY ANDTHE CITY AND THE STATE ANDEVERYBODY INVOLVED.THIS IS A GREAT EVENT THATEVERYBODY WANTS TO BE PROUD OF,SO WE TRY TO DO THE BEST WE CANWITH THE FACILITY THAT WE HAVE,IN AGING FACILITY, TO TRY TOHAVE SOMETHING GREAT FOR THECITY OF BALTIMORE.JASON: I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THENEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.IT IS A REALLY BRIGHT SPOT.YOU LOOK AT THAT HELICOPTERSHOT.WHEN WE SEE IT, UNFORTUNATELY,IT IS ON THE TELEVISION SHOW ORNEWSPAPER.I THINK IT CAP A PRETTY GOODLIGHT ON YOU.>> IT HAS ITS UPS AND DOWNS IN ANEIGHBORHOOD AROUND HERE.IT IS A GREAT IMMUNITY THAT --COMMUNITY THAT FOR MANY DECADES,UNFORTUNATELY, HAS SEEN ADECLINE IN THE COMMUNITY.SORT OF THE THEME OF THIS YEAR,EVERYONE IS PAYING ATTENTION TOTHE HORSE ALWAYS DREAMING.THAT IS THE THEME OF THE PARKHEIGHTS COMMUNITY.THEY'RE LOOKING TO SEE THISCOMMUNITY BE REVITALIZED AND SEETHE TRACK BE REVITALIZED AND THECOMMUNIIES AROUND IT TO BEREVITALIZED.UNFORTUNATELY, FOR DECADESLEADING UP TO THIS, THEY HAVEN'TGIVEN A LOT OF FALSE PROMISES ASTO WHAT THE CITY THEY AND OTHERS-- THEY HAVE THEN GIVEN A LOT OFFALSE PROMISES AS TO WHAT THECITY AND OTHERS CAN DO.WE HOPE THIS WILL ECHO OUR OTHERANCHORS THAT WE HAVE IN THISGREAT HUMIDITY LIKE LIFE RICHAND SON HOSPITAL.JASON: WE CAN ALL AGREE, ITNEEDS WORK.IT IS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONGTIME.THE MAYOR RECENTLY HAD A MEETINGWITH YOU GUYS AND SAID IT WENTPOSITIVELY.LET'S LISTEN TO THAT FIRST.>> I HAD A CONVERSATION RECENTLYWITH THE STADIUM AUTHORITY.THERE IS A SECOND PART OF THISSTUDY.IT IS SUPPOSED TO SHOW US WHERE-- HOW WE SHOULD BE LOOKING ATFUNDING FOR PIMLI RACETRACK.THE MEETING THAT I HAD WITH THEVICE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANYWAS VERY POSITIVE.I THINK THE INITIAL REPORT WASPOSITIVE IN THE SENSE THAT THEPREAKNESS IS GROWING INBALTIMORE.IT GREW LAST YOUR.I KNOW IT IS GOING TO BEBEAUTIFUL THIS YEAR WITH THEWEATHER THAT IS ANTICIPATED.WE'RE WAITING FOR THE SECONDPART OF THE STUDY TO BECOMPLETED.JASON: THE MAYOR WALKS AWAY FROMTHIS FEELING POSITIVE.THERE IS A LAUNDRY LIST OFTHINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE.STRUCTURALLY AND COMMUNITY-WISE.WHERE DO WE GO IN THE FUTURE?TALK SOME BEGINNING STUFF --STEPS.>> THE BEGINNING STUFF HASHAPPENED.EVERYONE IS A TECHNOLOGY THEY'RENOT KICKING THE CAN DOWN THEROAD ANYMORE, THAT WE HAVE AFACILITY THAT DOES NOT LIVE UPTO THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE THATCOULD HAPPEN AS COMPARED TO THEKENTUCKY DERBY AND CHURCHILL ANDSTUFF LIKE THAT.WHAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT ASA COMMUNITY, NOT AS COMMITTED TOAN BUSINESS PEOPLE IN THE LOCALAREA, NOT WITH THE PREAKNESSWILL LOOK LIKE IN ONE OR TWOYEARS, BUT WHENEVER IT 40 YEARS.SUMMIT HAS TO BITE THE BULLETAND MAKE THE COMMITMENT AT THISTIME.NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A FACILITYTHAT HAS HAD TROUBLE WITH THEBATHROOMS AND THE RESTROOMS,ELECTRICITY AT DIFFERENT TIMES.IT HAS RUN ITS COURSE, AND NOWI'M GLAD THAT EVERYBODY ISTOGETHER.ONE THING WE ALL AGREE ON, WEDEFINITELY NEED A NEWER STADIUM.JASON: A NEW STADIUM?MAYBE IT HAS GOOD BONES HERE.MAYBE SOMETHING RUSTIC.-- DRASTIC.IS THERE HIERARCHY ON WHAT WORKSBEST, AT LEAST IN YOUR EYES?>> LISTEN, WE'RE OPEN TOEVERYTHING.AS OPERATORS, WE HAVE NO PROBLEMOPERATING FACILITY HERE INBALTIMORE AND WE UNDERSTAND THEHISTORICAL COLTER THAT COMESWITH THE EVENT.AT THE SAME TIME, AS BUSINESSPEOPLE, IT IS HARD TO INVESTSERIOUS MONEY INTO TWOFACILITIES WHERE THE YEAR-ROUNDHOUS JUST HAPPENS.TO SAY WE HAVE TO SPEND $500MILLION ON ANOTHER FACILITY HERETHAT IS ONLY 10 OR 12 MILESAPART, DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO USBUSINESS-WISE.JASON: NOT AS PROMISING AS YOUWANTED TO SOUND?>> I AM A BUSINESSMAN AS WELL.YOU'VE YOUR MONEY WHERE YOURPRIORITIES ARE.I THINK THE RUNNING OF THEPREAKNESS STAKES IS A PRIORITYFOR ANY COMPANY THAT WOULD OWNTHIS FACILITY.I THINK THAT INVESTMENT SHOULDHAVE BEEN MADE UNTIL NOW ICONTINUE TO BE MADE MOVINGFORWARD RATHER THAN CONSIDERINGEVEN A MOVE.I AM NOT OPEN TO A CONVERSATIONOF MOVING THE PREAKNESS OUT OFBALTIMORE, AND NEITHER IS REALLYANYBODY ELSE OTHER THAN THEELECTED OFFICIALS AND LAUREL.WE NEED TO TAL ABOUT THE OPTIONOF MOVING.WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW WEMAKE THIS HAPPEN IN BALTIMOREAND CUTTING BACK THE DAYS OFRACING TO 12 DAYS A YEAR ATPIMLICO DOESN'T WORK FOR THEHUMIDITY.WHAT THE HUMIDITY'S WANT TO SEEIS A WORLD-CLASS RESORT HERE ONTHIS FOOTPRINT -- WHAT THECOMMUNITIES WANT TO SEE IS AWORLD-CLASS RESORT HERE ON THISFOOTPRINT.PEOPLE IN THE HUMIDITY EXPRESSTHE ONLY ECONOMIC IMPACT THEYFEEL IS WHEN THEY GET TO SELLTHEIR DRIVEWAYS FOR $20 A DAY ONPREAKNESS DAY.BUT THIS COULD BE A YEAR-ROUNDFACILITY THAT HAS EVEN AND OTHERATTRACTIONS TO IT THAT CAN HAVESMALL EVENTS, BIG EVENTS, BUTCREATES JOBS FOR THE PEOPLEAROUND HERE THAT COULD WALK TOWORK AND BE HERE EVERYTHING WILLDAY OF THE YEAR.JASON: I WISH I COULD BROKERTHAT DEAL.IF I COULD, WHAT WOULD YOU NEED?>> THAT WAS ONE OF OUR FIRSTOPTIONS.THE FIRST THING YOU LOOK AT ISWHICH FACILITY MAKES THE MOSTAMOUNT OF MONEY.PREAKNESS IN BALTIMORE MAKES THEMOST AMOUNT OF MONEY.ANY FORTUNE 500 COMPANY WOULDLOVE TO OWN THE PREAKNESS ANDBASICALLY RUN TWO DAYS A YEARAND MAKE ALL OF THIS MONEY ANDLEAVE.ECONOMIC IMPACT ON T STATE INTHE GREEN SPACE IS BASED ON THEYEAR-ROUND MODEL.THE PROBLEM WAS WHEN WE DID ASTUDY IN THE YEAR-ROUND MODELAND THE FOOTPRINT ITSELF, BEINGONLY 125 ACRES, A NEIGHBORHOODTHAT NEEDS A LOT OF HELP, ANDTHEN TALKING TO THE COMMUNITIES-- A LOT OF MEETINGS WE WENT TOWITH SANDY ROSENBERG ANDEVERYBODY ELSE, THE ONE THING WEGOT WHEN WE LEFT THOSE MEETINGSWAS, WELL, WE DON'T WANT A LOTOF RESTAURANTS OR TRAFFIC, WEDON'T WANT A LOT OF THIS --THESE ISSUES THAT COME WITH THISBUILD OUT FROM ONE SIDE OF THECOMMUNITY.IN THE OTHER SIDE WOULD LIKERENOVATION.THERE IS STILL A LOT OF TALK.OUR DECISION WAS, WE HAVE ATRAIN STATION THAT RUNS THROUGHLAUREL.WE HAVE YEAR-ROUND RACING.WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILDON A CLEAN FOOTPRINT THAT DOESNOT HAVE A LOT OF CITYINFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD HAVETO BE UPGRADED AND FIXED.JASON: IT SOUNDS LIKE PRIORITY,BALTIMORE IS THE PRIORITY, BUTTHE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR LAUREL ISTHERE.IN MY CHARACTERIZING IT RIGHT?BALTIMORE IS THE ECONOMICENGINE THAT DRIVES RACING.THE PREAKNESS'S ECONOMIC ENGINETHAT DRIVES RACING.ANYONE WOULD LOVE TO ONLYPREAKNESS AND RUN TWO DAYS AWEEK, BUT THAT DOES NOTACCOMMODATE THE HORSEMAN, THEIRBREEDERS, THE GREEN SPACE.IF YOU'RE INTO DAISY OR AND LEFTTOWN, THEN YOU HAVE A STADIUMTHAT MAKES NOT MUCH SENSE.-- IF YOU ARE IN TWO DAYS ANDTHEN LEAVE TOWN, THEN YOU HAVE ASTADIUM THAT MAKES NOT MUCHSENSE.WE HAVE A RESTAURANTS ANDPRIVATE BUILDINGS AND THIS IS ATRUE BILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT.IF SOMEONE IS WILLING TO LOOK ATTHAT, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD, WE AREWILLING TO LOOK AT THAT.EVEN THEN, WE ARE STILL, BECAUSEOF THE SMALL FOOTPRINT, WE AREJAMMED INTO EXACTLY WHAT WE CANDO.WE DON'T HAVE A TRAIN STATIONTHAT DRIVES THROUGH THEPROPERTY.JASON: LET'S TALK HORSES, THETRIPLE CROWN, AND WHAT THIS RACECOULD BE.WE SOUGHT WAS -- WE SAW WHATAMERICAN PHAROAH COULD DO.I'M GUESSING THIS COULD BOOSTHORSE RACING EVEN FURTHER.>> THIS HORSE IS A GREAT HORSE.THE COUNCILMAN SAID, FOR HISCONNECTION, GREAT NAME.ALWAYS CONNECTIONS FULL STOP OFTHE CONNECTIONS, THE OWNER OFTHE FLORIDA PANTHERS, GUYS THATHAVE BEEN IN RACING, TRULYDEDICATED TO THE SPORT, OWNHUNDREDS OF HORSES APIECE ANDCOMING OFF OF TWO YEARS GOINGTRIPLE CROWN WINNER.IN THE MIST WERE WE ARE PROBLEMSIN THE CITY, THIS PLACE ROSE UPAND CAME TOGETHER TO BRINGEVERYBODY OUT OF THAT WAS ANIMPORTANT TIME.I BELIEVE THIS RACE AND ALWAYSDREAMING IS THE PERFECT SCENARIOFOR WHAT WE HAVE COMING UP.JASON: THE FINAL WORD?WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A TRIPLECROWN WIN AND SUCCESS FORBALTIMORE.>> THAT IS MY PRIORITY.THAT IS THE MAYOR'S PRIORITY.THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD,HOW IT CAN DELIVER ON THEPROMISES ON THOSE THAT CAMEBEFORE US TO REVITALIZE THEAREA.THAT IS WHY WE ARE HOPING THATTHIS COMPANY OR ANY COMPANY THATIS INTERESTED IN OWNING THISFACILITY AND THIS IMPORTANT RACETHINKS LONG AND HARD ABOUT HOWYOU MAKE IT WORK AND HOW YOU GOFROM NOT JUST RAISING TWO DAYS AYEAR, BUT RACE AT 140 DAISY YEARLIKE THEY HAVEN'T LAUREL.-- 140 DAYS A YEAR LIKE THEYHAVE AT LAUREL.JASON: CAN WE GET THESE TWOGROUPS TOGETHER?>> WE SHOULD.I WOULD LIKE THAT.THE COMMUNITIES AROUND HERE ANDMYSELF AND MY STAFF ATTEND EVERYSINGLE COMMUNITY MEETING THATGOES ON IN THIS ENTIRE AREA.THE CONVERSATION IS THAT THEYWANT TO SEE A REVITALIZATION.THEY WANT TO SEE BUSINESSESHERE.THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVERESTAURANTS.THERE IS NO SITDOWN RESTAURANTRIGHT NEXT TO THIS LOCATION.THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT.THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A MOVIETHEATER AND ENTERTAINMENTYEAR-ROUND.INSTEAD, WHEN WE LOOK AT THEBACKSIDE OF THE RACETRACK, WESEE BOARDED UP BUILDINGS.WE SEE ONE OF THE HIGHEST CRIMESECTIONS.THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO THECOMMUNITY OR TO THE CITY.THIS FACILITY HAS THEOPPORTUNITY TO BETRANSFORMATIONAL AND TO REALLYMAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE GRANDSCHEME OF THE ENTIRE PARKHEIGHTS AVENUE DEEP.

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Cloud Computing Preakness 2017 updates - WBAL Baltimore

It has been barely four years since Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the companys Mobile First, Cloud First strategy. Instead of basking in the glory of new-found success in Cloud, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has now announced that the time has to come to move on from a Mobile First, Cloud First strategy towards a more cloud-focused Intelligent Cloud, Intelligent Edge strategy.

During his keynote address at Build 2017, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said this (starts at 13:10 on the video):

And here comes the best part: he added that the entire conference is about talking about this massive shift thats going to play out in the years to come and then he went on to define the three fundamental characteristics of this new application pattern.

But the real crux here is how Microsoft has changed its course in its cloud journey, from just focusing on Infrastructure and Software as a Service, towards Edge Computing.

Thats a massiveparadigm shift, because current cloud infrastructure services are the polar opposite of what Edge Computing entails.

Infrastructure services, as currently offered by all the lead cloud providers, is a centralized system. Microsoft and all the big cloud players have poured billions of dollars towards building data centers where all the data flows in, gets computedand then flows back to the end user. But Edge Computing is a completely distributed model, where most of the computation or at least a significant portion of it is done closer to the place of data generation.

Most of the time, there is very little need for data to flow back and forth to the nearest data center on a continuous basis.Edge Computing will still need these large data centers to operate as its backup and storage points, but not as the backbone of the entire cloud, which is how it is used right now. Thats because most of the heavy lifting will be done within the edge devices that sit close to the point where the data is actually generated.

The entire cloud computing industry is still in its early stages of development, but the growth of IoT and AI is already pushing the industry towards a completely different direction, and it is perfectly understandable

Lets take smart cars to understand the new phenomenon. We all know that every major automaker and tech company is now racing towards autonomous driving. To make that possible, self-driving cars generate huge amounts of data every second, process that and make a decision as quickly as possible.

Ideally, that should all happen within nanoseconds to milliseconds the faster the better. Latency on the cloud, because of varying Internet speeds, congestion and so on, aremajor deterrents to that objective at the moment, even though it might only be slower by sub-second delays. Having near-zero delay, however, is an extremely unreliable feature of the current cloud computing setup, yet almost a prerequisite of autonomous vehicle technology on the scale at which it is being planned.

Now consider another scenario:

What you have is a device that sits in the car, has the ability to use AI to process the humongous amount of data that all the sensors, cameras and data capturedevices in the car generate, processes that information in nanoseconds and delivers the results almost immediately. That device in questionmight even piggy back on cloud data centers once in a while for non-critical tasks that are still resource-intensive.

The end result of that is immediate action on huge amounts of data to the tune of 150 GB per second for each autonomous or connected car, according to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

Now that will really put the autonomous back into autonomous vehicle technology, something thats sorely lacking now.

These devices that are capable of such computational power are called edge devices, because they sit close to the place of data generation and do the heavy lifting right there instead of sending data over a dodgy Internet connection to a cloud data center.

To put it simply, edge devices will multiple the utility of AI many times over, and thats more than enough of a reason for tech companies to embrace this distributed or decentralized form of cloud computing.

Companies like Google and Oracle have just gotten their feet wet in the cloud and are still scrambling for the next big client, whileMicrosoft is already pushing full steam ahead in a completely new direction. In the world of technology, the only thing that you cancount on is change, and rapid change at that.

But, is Microsoft the only company that has recognized this shift? Not necessarily. Every company that is involved in the Internet of Things will deliberately or inadvertently have stumbled upon this same conclusion. Its merely that Microsoft is the first to publicly recognize and embrace this new paradigm in what is stilla nascent industry cloud computing.

Incidentally, we predicted this possible shift in cloud computing focus in an article more than a month ago, before Microsoft revealed its intentions to the world. It was based on something that venture capitalist Peter Levine had said about Edge Computing:

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The latest analysis of the global cloud infrastructure market from Canalys plays into the trends watchers of the industry have seen for some time: Amazon Web Services (AWS) continues to dominate but is growing more slowly than its nearest rivals.

AWS growth is still at 43% year over year according to Canalys, while Microsoft continues to be the quickest growing of the hypervendors at 93% growth. Google was up 74% year on year, while IBM held 38% growth. The result is that AWS holds a stable market share of 31%.

Competition for enterprise customers is intensifying among leading cloud service providers, which are investing heavily to secure key national and global accounts, said Daniel Liu, Canalys research analyst.

Timing is crucial, as many large accounts are assessing, formulating and executing strategies to move existing workloads and infrastructure to the cloud, and develop new types of workloads as part of digital transformation initiatives.

The findings mirror similar analysis from Synergy Research on cloud infrastructure. Back in August, the company argued that AWS, Microsoft, IBM and Google owned more than half of the cloud infrastructure market between them but they were also growing quicker than the overall market.

Canalys also cites the channel as an opportunity for vendors to grow further and differentiate. Go-to-market strategy, including both customer and channel partner engagement, will ultimately determine vendor success in this segment, added Canalys senior analyst Jordan De Leon. Larger enterprises will adopt a multi-cloud strategy to distribute risk.

Ultimately, to challenge AWS, vendors will need deep financial resources to continue to participate and advance.

Canalys says the overall cloud infrastructure services market hit $11.4 billion in Q117.

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AWS with 'stable' global market share but slower growth than Microsoft and Google - Cloud Tech