Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Cloud Provider Appirio To Recognize 'Cloudwashers'

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Cloud Provider Appirio To Recognize 'Cloudwashers'
CRN
By Andrew R Hickey, CRN Cloud solution provider Appirio is calling out the false cloud and is planning a tongue-in-cheek awards ceremony recognizing the year's biggest "cloudwashers," or vendors and organizations that have used the term "cloud" to ...
The Cloud, Day 10: Storing Data in the Cloud
PCWorld
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld Aside from email, one of the most known and widely used “cloud” services is data storage. As I continue my 30 Days With the Cloud journey, I have a wide choice of online storage options to choose from. ...
Developers Pick VMware Cloud Foundry as Top Cloud Platform: Survey
eWeek
Results of an Evans Data survey show that developers view VMware's Cloud Foundry as the overall best cloud development platform. According to a recent Evans Data survey, VMware's CloudFoundry was seen as the best platform as a service cloud ...
Battle of the cloud-based music players: Google Music vs. Amazon Cloud
Techworld.com
By Kristin Burnham | CIO US | Published: 16:46, 21 November 2011 After months of anticipation and a limited beta release, Google finally released its cloud-based music offering, Google Music. Google Music users located in the United States can employ ...
Users report cloud storage security concerns in surveys; more news
Search Storage
Cloud storage security concerns rank high among survey respondents considering cloud storage adoption, according to cloud gateway vendor Nasuni Corp. Nasuni's survey of 451 IT decision makers in North America found that 81% have concerns about data ...
VAR Dynamics Prices Zimbra Cloud Productivity Suite to Compete with Office 365 ...
Web Host Industry Review
By Nicole Henderson, November 21, 2011 (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- SaaS solution distributor VAR Dynamics announced on Monday that it has launched ZimbraCloud, a cloud-based productivity suite to compete with market leaders Office 365 and Google ...
CAGW Publishes "Cloud Computing 201"
MarketWatch (press release)
WASHINGTON, Nov 21, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Today, Citizens Against Government Waste published its second report on cloud computing, "Cloud Computing 201." The publication aims to provide agencies at all levels of government with a coherent approach to ...
Global Cloud Computing Services Market to Reach US$127 Billion by 2017 ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Cloud Computing Services markets. Global Cloud Computing Services market is projected to reach about US$127 billion by the year 2017, primarily driven by factors such as growing prominence ...
The Cloud, Day 9: Hey! Where'd My Cloud Go?
PCWorld
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld Most talk about the cloud is focused on the magic ability to access tools, services, and data from virtually anywhere because the cloud is everywhere…except when it's not. I got to experience that fun first hand today, ...
New EMC Atmos Cloud Delivery Platform Enhancements Simplify Delivery of Cloud ...
Sacramento Bee
By EMC Corporation Today EMC® announces enhancements to the EMC Atmos® Cloud Delivery Platform, delivering newly expanded cloud metering services and enhanced administrative reporting and controls for enterprises and service providers. ...
Wyse Acquires Trellia to Expand Cloud Computing Capabilities
Mobile Enterprise
By Tony Rizzo Wyse Technology, a significant player in cloud client computing, today announced that it has acquired Trellia, a cloud-based mobile infrastructure management vendor. The Trellia solution suite provides Wyse, its customers and partners ...
Customers Endorse Informatica Cloud Express
MarketWatch (press release)
"Salesforce.com administrators, marketing, sales, operations, finance and other business personnel as well as IT staff in small- to medium-sized organizations have spoken and they chose InformaticaCloud Express," said Ron Papas, general manager, ...
Oracle Set to Unveil Cloud-themed Application Server, WebLogic 12c
PCWorld
WebLogic Server 12c, in which the 'C' appears to be shorthand for "cloud," will succeed version 11g, which was first released in July 2009. "Today most businesses have the ambition to move to a cloud infrastructure," Oracle said in a statement on its ...
WSO2 Will Demonstrate How to Build Seamlessly Integrated On-premise and Cloud ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
WSO2 today announced it will demonstrate how IT architects and developers can use open source middleware to build applications capable of running both on-premise and in the cloud at the Gartner Application Architecture Integration & Development Summit ...
To cloud or not to with Safaricom
IDG News Service
Say goodbye to huge data centres and welcome applications running on the cloud. CIOs in East African countries are now tasked with understanding when and how to embrace cloud computing in their operations. Say goodbye to huge data centres and welcome ...
Aditi Technologies acquires US cloud computing firm
Economic Times
BANGALORE: Software major Aditi Technologies acquired the US-based cloud computing start-up Cumulux for an undisclosed sum to offer cloud services and drive applications and workloads over a network, the company said Monday. ...
USC Digital Repository uses cloud archiving for 8.5 PB of video
SearchDisasterRecovery.com
The University of Southern California (USC) has contracted with Nirvanix Inc. to establish one of the world's largest private storage clouds, 8.5 petabytes (PBs) of digital archive spread over two sites. Several USC groups will use cloud archiving to ...
Hubspan's B2B Cloud Integration Solution Wins Best in Biz Awards 2011
MarketWatch (press release)
SEATTLE, WA, Nov 21, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Hubspan, the leading provider of B2Bcloud integration solutions, today announced it was selected as a silver winner in the Enterprise Product of the Year category in the Best in Biz Awards, ...
Doctors Slow To Embrace Telemedicine, Cloud Computing
InformationWeek
Tablets, smartphone, and mobile EHRs gain ground in healthcare, but cloud computing and videoconferencing lag, finds CompTIA study. By Nicole Lewis InformationWeek One out of four healthcare providers are now using tablets in their practice, ...
Cloud Computing's Vendor Lock-In Problem: Why the Industry is Taking a Step ...
Forbes
Cloud computing may be erasing the gains we've made in terms of vendor dependence lock-in. Going with a cloud solution means buying into the specific protocols, standards and tools of the cloud vendor, making future migration costly and difficult. ...
Aerohive Networks Named Finalist in UP-START 2011 Cloud Awards
MarketWatch (press release)
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov 21, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Aerohive Networks, the pioneer in cloud-enabled enterprise networking infrastructure, today announced that it has been selected as one of the finalists for the UP-START 2011 Cloud Awards for Overall ...
The IT of business - why the cloud is a not new idea
Bizcommunity.com
There is increasing awareness and publicity surrounding cloud computing today, but cloudcomputing is not a new concept. Mainstream computing first started off with the mainframe, terminal computing where the device sitting on the user's desk was just ...
Evernote Selects Parature for Cloud-based Customer Engagement Solution
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Parature, a global leader in cloud-based customer engagement software, announced today that Evernote, the company that's helping the world remember everything, has selected Parature for online customer support to service its worldwide customer base. ...
Zenith Infotech Expands Its Cloud Computing and Business Continuity Solutions ...
PR Newswire (press release)
21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Zenith Infotech, a technology innovation company that specializes in delivering state-of-the-art business continuity and private cloud computing solutions for IT service providers, today announces it is now actively working ...
BT Cloud-Based Videoconferencing Offers Full Interoperability
Sacramento Bee
21, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- BT Conferencing today announced it has expanded its cloud-based videoconferencing service to allow full global interoperability between a wide choice of manufacturer solutions. This enhancement significantly increases the ...
The Best Cloud-Computing Firms
Barron's
Public cloud computing/software-as-a-service companies have evolved considerably since we began covering the sector nearly a decade ago. They are at various stages with their growth, profitability, and size. The median public company calendar 2013 ...
Five Steps to Creating a Governance Framework for Cloud Security
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Cloud computing has revolutionized the way organizations around the world use technology. Despite the fact that many refer to 2011 as the Year of the Data Breach, and cloud computing has earned a reputation of being inherently insecure, that stigma is ...
Managing Identity Effectively in the Cloud
InformationWeek
With thousands of cloud services proliferating on the Internet, managing identity becomes a real challenge for most of us. By Bruno Domingues, Intel Corporation With thousands of cloud services proliferating on the Internet, managing identity becomes a ...
Pogoplug lets Drobo into its Cloud, offers 10GB of 'public' storage to ...
By Joe Pollicino
Do you use a Drobo for your RAID storage needs? Wish you could access that data from wherever your travels take you? Well then, wish.
Engadget
Cloud Infographic: What is Cloud Hosting? | The Cloud Infographic
By Ivan
Cloud web hosting is different to conventional web hosting in a sense that you can access resources as you need - so you only need to pay what you use.
The Cloud Infographic
CRM in the Cloud: Workbooks Review | Cloud Business Review
By Ivan
Workbooks is a UK-based providers of web-based CRM and business applications founded in 2007. Learn more about Workbooks web-based CRM software.
Cloud Business Review
Challenges of implementing a truly hybrid cloud | Thoughts on Cloud
By Stephane Wacongne
Currently, when you decide to move to the cloud, there are so many options available to you that you could call it the cloud jungle! And, you will probably choose a different option for each of your workloads. For instance, you will want to host ...
Thoughts on Cloud
IBM launches beefy OpenFlow switch for data centers, cloud ...
By Om Malik
IBM is the latest amongst a growing list of hardware makers to release networking gear based on the OpenFlow network protocol. A new 10 GigE switch is going to target cloud/ datacenter markets and compete aggressively with rivals that ...
GigaOM
Asustek tapping private cloud market
Asustek Computer has offered cloud computing-based total solutions to compete for orders for privateclouds and to promote its servers, according to the company.
DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia
Cloud: Observations and Recommendations
By Mia White
EventSource November 2011 Newsletter By: Rich Ptak, Managing Partner, Ptak, Noel & Associates LLC The commercialization of Cloud-based IT services, along with market and economic challenges are changing the way business services ...
EventTracker SIEM
WSO2 Will Demonstrate How to Build Seamlessly Integrated On ...
By madhura
WSO2 Will Show IT Architects Best Practices and Open Source Technologies for Building Applications Capable of Running On-premise, in the Cloud, and in Hybrid.
WSO2
VAR Dynamics Releases "Zimbra Cloud" | MSPAlliance
By Charles Weaver
VAR Dynamics (www.vardynamics.com) today announced that it has released Zimbra Cloud®, a newCloud-based productivity suite providing enterprise-level features but at a price point significantly below market leaders Office 365, Google ...
MSPAlliance
Cloud storage's hazy security lining at SC Congress NYC | Naked ...
By David Schwartzberg
With the bring your own device (BYOD) gaining momentum, do you know how your users are managing to move their data to and fro? In all likelihood they are using the cloud. Read on for the risks and strategies to protect your sensitive ...
Naked Security
Microsoft developing Cloud for 360
By Harrison E
It looks like Microsoft has finally started noticing that a lot of gaming companies are adding cloudbased services and seeing how profitable it could be. Well, when I say profitable I mean, more people might buy their console because it better ...
QJ.NET
Cloud Computing is not a Technology….But an Idea with Different ...
By Omesh Piryani, Consultant, Everest Group
Following are just a few of the many definitions you will find for cloud computing in technology publications, forums, blogs, etc.
Everest Group
Alcatel Jumps In With Network Services On The Cloud
By Krishnan Subramanian
Alcatel-Lucent (previous CloudAve coverage), a leading vendor in mobile and networking space, last week announced Alcatel-Lucent Cloudband, set of network services offered through the cloud. Networking is a significant part of cloud ...
CloudAve


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