Thursday, August 11, 2011

Google cloud services deemed secure for enterprise use--SSAE-16 Compliance

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Google Apps, App Engine Tighten Cloud Services Security With SSAE-16 Compliance
CRN
By Andrew R Hickey, CRN A host of Google cloud services have been deemed secure for enterprise use and have passed the SSAE-16 Type II audit, a security compliance check that examines whether offerings comply with legal requirements like Sarbanes-Oxley ...
IceWEB Poised to Capitalize on Exploding Cloud Computing Industry
MarketWatch (press release)
Industry experts anticipate an ongoing rise in usage as cloud computing continues to become mainstream and its capacity continues to expand the breadth of its domain. Although still far from maturity, person-to-person interaction through cloud ...
Skytap Automates Cloud Deployments
PCWorld (blog)
By Jim Duffy, NetworkWorld Skytap, a provider of cloud automation software, this week unveiled orchestration and configuration products designed to enable enterprises to easily create virtual environments in the cloud. This release of new Skytap ...
GraphOn Appoints Two New Board Members and CTO
MarketWatch (press release)
I will focus my 25 years in inventive capability to collaborate with the highly talented GraphOn team to create a significant IP force in the cloud computing space." Steve Ledger is the founder and managing partner at Tamalpais Partners LLC, ...
Nefsis Video Conferencing Cloud Better Serves Branch Office Networks
PR Newswire (press release)
10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Online services innovator Nefsis® announced today the top 5 advantages cloud-based video conferencing offers branch office networks in financial services and similar markets where multiple office locations prevail. ...
Adaptive Computing Delivers Dynamic Cloud With New Moab Advancements
Business Wire (press release)
PROVO, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Adaptive Computing, a thought-leader in cloud systems management and the leading provider of Optimized Dynamic Cloud solutions, today announced that IT management and their staff no longer need to accept static cloud ...
Is There a Silver Lining for the Environment in 'Cloud Computing'?
New York Times
By ELLEN M. GILMER of ClimateWire Compared to familiar climate-saving programs that aim to stuff greenhouse gases into the ground or harness the power of the wind, ideas like "cloud computing" are hard to penetrate. Still, the practice is gaining ...
2011 Cloud Summit and User Conference Announced
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN DIEGO, CA, Aug 10, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Industry leading Cloud Solution Providers Cloud9 Real Time, SmartVault, Bill.com, eFile Cabinet and CloudSway are hosting the first annual 2011 Cloud Summit and User Conference. ...
With interface advances and the cloud, the PC isn't dying; it's coming to life
Washington Post
By Joshua Topolsky, The rise of the living Web — a place populated with your personal content — has given birth to the “cloud.” The iPhone and natural human interfaces have dramatically changed the way we physically interact with our machines, ...
BMC Software announces cloud operation capabilities to protect users
CTR
BMC Software Inc. announced Tuesday additional capabilities integrated into its BMC CloudLifecycle Management solution that proactively ensures the service quality of cloud services and avoids many of the risks of cloud computing such as outages, ...
Gartner's 2011 Hype Cycle Special Report Evaluates the Maturity of 1900 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
STAMFORD, Conn., Aug 10, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Activity streams, wireless power, Internet TV, NFC payment and private cloud computing are some of the technologies that have moved into the Peak of Inflated Expectations, according to the 2011 Emerging ...
ADTRAN's Bluesocket acquisition signals growing interest in WiFi cloud services
FierceTelecom
based Bluesocket, a wireless LAN vendor, may at first blush seem enterprise-focused, but it could also have relevance to service providers offering cloud-based services. The deal has a number of benefits for the service provider community, which, ...
Ephemeralization or Heroku's Evolution to a Polyglot Cloud OS
InfoQ.com
To create a cloud operating system, that, like any other operating system, frees you from the actual details on how and where to run your processes (services) and how to handle their resources, scheduling, updates and availability. ...
Back to the future: Amazon's corporate cloud resurrects the service bureau
TelecomTV
One of the first-line objections to cloud service adoption in the corporate sector is that the approach usually relies on the public Internet and its limited security options and therefore doesn't meet corporate security and QoS requirements. ...
How To Choose the Right Cloud Service Provider
BusinessNewsDaily
By BusinessNewsDaily Staff As businesses are increasingly attracted to cloudcomputing, it's necessary to clarify what portion of the cloud is of interest to a particular audience, a cloud service provider says. "For the small to medium business, ...
Marketo Announces Titanium Sponsorship of Dreamforce 2011
PR Newswire (press release)
Heather Watkins, senior manager of customer communities & programs at Marketo and Olivier Pin, senior director of product management at salesforce.com, will discuss how new features in the Service Cloud are streamlining self-service, social, ...
Cloud and Hosting Provider Bluemile Joins Telx cloudXchange
SYS-CON Media (press release)
NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 08/10/11 -- Telx®, a leading interconnection and data center provider in strategic North American markets, today announced that Bluemile, a leading provider of premium cloud and hosting solutions, has joined the Telx ...
GNAX Health Offers Cloud Vendor Neutral Archive at AHRA Annual Meeting
Business Wire (press release)
GNAX Health offers a cloud vendor neutral archive (VNA) for medical images that combines the cost benefits of a cloud storage solution with the security of a robust, vendor neutral PACS archive. GNAX Health normalizes medical images from any PACS ...
Breakthrough Growth in Immersive Telepresence Usage
PR Newswire (press release)
10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Glowpoint, Inc. (OTCBB: GLOW), a leading global provider of cloud managed video services, today announced that it, and its partners, are seeing a marked increase in usage of immersive telepresence systems by end-users who also ...
Asure Software Reports Profitable Second Quarter Results
MarketWatch (press release)
The revenue increase of $0.07 million was largely driven by an increase in recurring revenue, of which the majority was related to growth in our Cloud-based revenue stream. Asure's recurring revenue as a percentage of overall revenue increased by 17 ...
Ingram Micro adds new services to cloud portfolio
ITBusiness.ca
Distributor Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) has added three new cloud services to its overall portfolio this week, as part of its strategy to help solution providers capitalize on the in-demand technology. The new services include N-able Technologies' ...
Cloud Telephony Provider Fonality Issues 'Cloud VoIP for Dummies' eBook
TMC Net
John Wiley & Sons (News - Alert), the publishers of For Dummies, and Fonality, a provider of cloudtelephony, joined to release this book for all those out there who have heard about cloud computing, voice over IP (VoIP), cloud-based business ...
BMC Software Announced Cloud Operations Capabilities to Safeguard ...
"The goal of cost optimization and increased business agility through the cloud will only be realized with processes and tools that are designed specifically to address the new operational issues thatcloud-based services present," said ...
Latest News from Cloud Computing Journal
Intel Invests $30 Million in Cloud, Embedded Research Centers ...
Intel is opening two new research centers at Carnegie Mellon that will focus on cloud and embedded computing, part of its larger $100 million investment in ...
www.eweek.com/.../Intel-Invests-30-Million-in-Cloud-Embed...
Kindle Cloud Reader
Kindle Cloud Reader is a web app that lets you read your Kindle books, instantly . Your web browser isn't supported yet. Download Chrome or Safari below. ...
https://read.amazon.com/
Retail 2.0: Cloud Supports Pop-Up Store -- InformationWeekRetail ...
Fashion designer Yigal Azrouel heads to the cloud to provide the services needed for brick-and-mortar "pop-up" stores.
www.informationweek.com/news/smb/ebusiness/231300073
US military scrambles to catch up with cloud - Technology ...
Like once hip baby boomer parents who finds themselves upset by the volume of their child's rock music, DARPA, the Defense Department's advanced research ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../us-military-scrambles-catch-cloud/

Amazon launches Kindle Cloud Reader
USA Today (blog)
Kindle Cloud Reader uses the HTML5 web standard to let you read books from your Kindle library both online or offline. In its announcement, Amazon says no installation is required. But in trying out the reader on Chrome, I did have to click a few times ...
Amazon Cloud Outage Cleanup Hits Software Error
InformationWeek
There are plenty of cloud services, but many rely on virtual processes running on shared systems. Stratascale's Ironscale lets you provision bare metal services. Mike Fratto provides a hands-on review of how it works and what you can do with it. ...
SCOOP: Sprint to launch cloud services in the fourth quarter
CNET
Sprint Nextel plans to enter the cloud services business in the fourth quarter, an executive told CNET today. The Overland Park, Kan., company will offer small and medium business and large corporations "hosted collaboration services" such as software, ...
When a cloud service vanishes: How to protect your data
Computerworld
We look at some dangers in trusting your data to the cloud, and how to prevent problems. By Serdar Yegulalp Computerworld - More and more, we rely on Web services as a matter of course. The key word is rely: We assume that the data we upload to, say, ...
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