Tight Budget? Look to the Cloud

Tight Budget? Look to the ‘Cloud’ - NYTimes.com: "Tight Budget? Look to the ‘Cloud’
By VIVEK KUNDRA Published: August 30, 2011 AS the global economy struggles through a slow and painful recovery, governments around the world are wasting billions of dollars on unnecessary information technology. This problem has worsened in recent years because of what I call the “I.T. cartel.” This powerful group of private contractors encourages reliance on inefficient software and hardware that is expensive to acquire and to maintain."

FedEx Office Introduces Cloud Printing with Google Docs MarketWatch (press release) "As the first national print retailer to offer cloud printing technology, we are excited to meet the growing demand for mobility with FedEx Office Print Online. Our enhanced solution makes Web-based printing easy, wherever you store your files," said ...

Denmark's First Cloud-Based Smart Grid Solution Relies on Echelon Control ... MarketWatch (press release) Such hosted-service offerings are commonly called "cloud" services. Last year, the first utility to piggyback onto the software running in EnergiMidt's data center was Bjerringbro. Next is Kjellerup Elnet. Like Bjerringbro's 3000 customers, ...

A new way to predict the energy efficiency of cloud computing GigaOm 31, 2011, 8:35am PT No Comments Remember that whole debate over whether moving to cloudcomputing is a greener option? Well, data center monitoring startup Sentilla is introducing an analytics tool that can predict whether moving your company's IT to ...

Trends in Cloud Computing CTO Edge The good news is that a new survey of 500 IT professionals and 400 IT services firms from CompTIA finds that the number of people who say they have a pretty good understanding of what cloudcomputing is all about is getting higher. As a direct result, ...

Cloud Expo Silicon Valley: Enhancing the Cloud Experience | Cloud ... In his session at the 9th International Cloud Expo, Rick German, Co-founder, CEO and CTO of Stoneware, Inc., will demonstrate how webNetwork helps the cloud understand and adapt to the device to deliver a richer experience based on ... Latest News from Cloud Computing Journal

If Netflix is right, Amazon already a cloud champ — Cloud ... By Ryan Lawler OpenStack has attracted tremendous developer and partner support since launching a year ago. But according to Netflix's chief cloud architect, Adrian Cockcroft, the open-source cloud project has its work cut out for it if it hopes to attract major ... GigaOM

SHI Enhances its IaaS Platform with Cloud Cruiser | CloudTweaks ... By Anuradha SHI Enhances its IaaS Platform with Cloud Cruiser SHI is enhancing its next generation infrastructure- as-a-service (IaaS) platform with Cloud Cruiser's. CloudTweaks.com - Cloud Computing...

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Intel Cloud Builders Update and Cloud Adoption in Asia ... By Connected Social Media Syndication Intel Cloud Builders Update and Cloud Adoption in Asia - Conversations in the Cloud - Episode 22. Connected Social Media: The Intel...

Is it a good cloud, or an evil cloud? « Curiosity | GSD&M Blog By TDysart To be honest my opinion on the Cloud, like virtually all technology, is that it can and will be used for good and evil. The market will administer rewards and punishment — developers and users must manage it with responsibility. I also agree ... Curiosity | GSD&M Blog

Cloud Brokerage is Gaining Ground By Daryl Plummer All of a sudden, everyone is interested in cloud services brokerage. Well, by everyone, I mean end customers looking for an easier way to integrate cloud computing into their plans and vendors seeking a new set of markets to mine. But no ... Daryl Plummer

Microsoft Path to the Private Cloud: Day 2, Question 1 - Microsoft ... By ServerAndCloudPlatformTeam Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform offerings include private cloud and virtualization technologies, as well as Windows Server operating system, System Center IT management, and Forefront security products. Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform Blog

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Dell Cloud Business Applications Make It Easy for Growing ... By David Small and medium businesses (SMBs) can now take full advantage of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) to drive outstanding business performance using Dell Cloud Business Applications - a family of integrated SaaS applications with ... VMblog.com - Virtualization Technolog...

Developer Resources Online In The Cloud! | Fabasoft Folio Cloud ... By William Wallace We've created a public Team Room containing developer resources for Cloud App development. From webinar recordings to public subversion samples and software downloads – we're offering you a whole host of useful resources available ... Fabasoft Folio Cloud Blog

Dell Cloud Debuts With VMware Partnership - Cloud-computing ... Leveraging investments in infrastructure and security, Dell pitches itself as a provider of enterprisecloud services and cloud consultant. www.informationweek.com/news/cloud.../231600415

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Managing cloud-based disaster recovery Disaster recovery in the cloud is flexible, easy to set up and can save small to medium businesses money, as long as the management piece is in place. searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/.../Managing-cloud-bas...

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Verizon Boosts Its Cloud Services, Acquires CloudSwitch - Softpedia Verizon Boosts Its Cloud Services, Acquires CloudSwitch. news.softpedia.com/.../Verizon-Boosts-Its-Cloud-Services-Acq... Dell's Cloud Solution Gives SMBs Easy Access to SaaS Apps TMC Net By Ashok Bindra, TMCnet Contributor To deliver tangible benefits to growing small and medium-businesses (SMBs), computer maker Dell has announced Cloud Business Applications, a family of integrated software-as-a-service (SaaS) apps with ... SHI International Signs Partnership Agreement with Cloud Cruiser to Offer ... PR Newswire (press release) 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- At VMworld today, SHI International Corp., a $3 billion+ global provider of information technology products and services, and Cloud Cruiser, the leader in cloud cost management solutions, announced a strategic partnership that ... Fabasoft is a Finalist at the "Best in Cloud 2011" Awards MarketWatch (press release) LINZ, Austria, Aug 31, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Fabasoft is a finalist in the category "Platform as a Service" at the "Best in Cloud 2011" awards hosted by the German specialist IT computing publication "Computerwoche". Folio Cloud, the European Cloud ... PROS to Highlight Cloud Pricing and Quoting Solutions at Dreamforce 2011 MarketWatch (press release) Dreamforce 2011 is the cloud computing event of the year. The ninth annual conference will welcome more than 30000 customers, partners and developers to the new world of the social enterprise. With more than 450 sessions and 250 cloud companies in the ... Cloudwords Enables Global Conversation with Launch of Industry's First Native ... 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Apple rolls out iTunes Match for developers, but it's not really streaming Appolicious The biggest, clearly, is iTunes in the Cloud, which takes the entirety of Apple's iTunes software and turns it into a cloud service. One portion of that – Apple's cloud music service – is called iTunes Match. Apple is looking to break into the cloud ... Ford's Cloud-Connected Evos Concept Is A Stunner -- And A Secretary Wired News It's impressive enough to see such a sleek plug-in hybrid with gullwing doors, but what's most ambitious is the cloud-connected technology that lies beneath. By connecting with drivers' calendars and other online services, and also learning to ... ScaleXtreme Introduces Free Cloud-Based Systems Management Product MarketWatch (press release) PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug 31, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ScaleXtreme, Inc., a leading cloud-based systems management company, today announced the general availability of ScaleXtreme Xpress and ScaleXtreme Xpert. 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MarketWatch (press release) AUSTIN, TX, Aug 31, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- According to a survey conducted during VMworld 2011, nearly 75 percent of respondents are currently building or operating private cloud infrastructures, with an additional 16% planning projects in the ... Microsoft claims its private cloud is up four times cheaper than VMware's Network World Microsoft taps into frustration over new VMware pricing to lure would-be private cloud users. By Julie Bort, Network World Microsoft has always positioned Hyper-V to be a less expensive alternative to VMware. 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MarketWatch (press release) The Forms and Print Services for Salesforce application is the result of a direct integration between Salesforce and the Canon Business Imaging Online cloud service, thereby giving end users convenient access to the forms and print functions through a ... Garmin Launches Cloud-Based Navigation For iPhone Twice For 99 cents, the new StreetPilot OnDemand app provides 30 days of Cloud-based turn-by-turn voice-prompted navigation and traffic rerouting in the US and Canada, automatic off-route recalculation, real-time traffic information, and multimodal ... Gazzang Unveils Cloud Security Platform for LAMP Stack MarketWatch (press release) AUSTIN, Texas, Aug 31, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Gazzang, Inc., the company securing data in the cloud, today announced the availability of ezNcrypt 2.0, its flagship data security platform, now expanded to provide transparent data encryption (TDE) for ... Samsung Introduces New Thin- and Zero-Client PC-over-IP Cloud Station Displays ... MarketWatch (press release) Ltd., today announced its newest lines of LED/LCD thin- and zero-client PC-over-IP Cloud Station monitors, which provide an alternative to desktop PCs, enabling highly secure access to any PCoIP-enabled remote host. The new TS190, TS220 and TS240 ...