Friday, November 25, 2011

Hybrid clouds 2012: private cloud myth lives

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Hybrid clouds 2012: the private cloud myth lives
Register
By Matt Asay • Get more from this author Hybrid clouds are all the rage in cloud computing today, with Gartner naming them "a major focus for 2012", even as hybrid clouds constitute fully 20 per cent of enterprise clouds today. ...
Cloud Increases Licensing Complexity, Warns SAP User Group
PCWorld
By Sophie Curtis, computerworlduk.com The move to cloud computing is creating headaches for SAP users, who are struggling to get their heads around the complex licensing structure that a hybrid environment entails. This was the message from Alan ...
Aditi Tech buys cloud computing start up
EE Times India
Bangalore-based Aditi Technologies, a provider of software product and application development services, has acquired US-based cloud computing start-up Cumulux, the 2010 Microsoft CloudPartner of the Year. Founded in 2008 by former Microsoft employees ...
Hitachi Plans to Sell Systems That Integrate Data From Cities in the Cloud
PCWorld
By Jay Alabaster, IDG News Hitachi plans to aggressively pursue large cloud computing projects and market software that will integrate data from infrastructure across entire cities, it said Thursday. The massive Japanese conglomerate said it will ...
Asustek subsidiary eying private cloud market
eTaiwan News
24 (CNA) A subsidiary of Asustek Computer Inc., the world's fifth-largest PC brand, expressed optimism Wednesday over the future growth of the private cloud business given the shift from public to private service. "We are optimistic about the potential ...
Fujitsu unveils Cloud Connect Communication suite
Cloud Pro
In its latest foray into cloud computing, Fujitsu looks to the network for hosted communications. Fujitsu today launched its first cloud network product portfolio, enticing customers to put their communication needs into the cloud. ...
Canadian businesses unclear when it comes to cloud computing
Canada NewsWire (press release)
24, 2011 /CNW/ - Canadian businesses are unclear when it comes to cloud computing reveals a Microsoft Canada survey released today. The survey, conducted by Leger Marketing, polled Canadian C-level executives across all sectors and found that 19 per ...
Cloud Distribution Partners With Astro Communications To Bring Innovation To ...
Response Source (press release)
Reading, UK, 24th November, 2011- Value-added Distributor, Cloud Distribution Ltd, today announced the signing of a new partner, Astro Communications, to deliver Meraki's Wi-Fi technology to the communication infrastructure industry. ...
Today's cloud winners: the cybercriminals
CSO Magazine
Legal complexities make it difficult to use public cloud computing, according to Raimund Genes, Trend Micro's chief technology officer. Unless you're a criminal, that is. "Public cloud for me is not really a security challenge. ...
The Cloud, Day 12: A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
PCWorld (blog)
Now I can store them in the cloud as well…just to be sure they're protected and safe. While my wife is the magician with the Nikon, the extent of my picture taking is generally limited to point-and-shoot snapshots with my mobile phone. ...
Qatar's Cloud Computing Project 'Has Potential to Earn Revenue'
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
(MENAFN - Qatar News Agency) Cloud computing scientists at the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) in Qatar Foundation are working on developing a state-of-the-art data center technology specifically suitable to the local climate with the ...
Extending The Knowledge Of Cloud Application
RFPConnect.com
In defiance of the well-known Grosch's law one of the most apparent modern trends in the IT industry is the cloud model. Most businesses migrate their IT infrastructures to the cloud due to lower costs, unlimited storage capabilities and universality. ...
Agilisys Cloud Services Signs Managed IaaS Contract With PDX
RFPConnect.com
Multi-national process technology company PDX, has awarded Agilisys Cloud Services a three-year contract to provide a fully managed IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-service) worth approximately £1 million. The service will standardise and streamline PDX's IT ...
Silicon Valley Cloud entrepreneurs still picking up the funding
BusinessCloud9
Venture funding for entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley remains buoyant and plentiful – once you get beyond a certain point and if you have the right idea in the Cloud. The past few weeks have seen two US Cloud Computing start-ups – Marketo and Zuora ...
Maersk Line Signs 5-Year Deal with HP; Create Cloud Computing Network
ITProPortal
Maersk Line, the world's largest shipping company, has signed a $150 million plus deal with Hewlett Packard to speed its global growth using cloud computing. HP said that the under the 5-year deal, the company will optimise Maersk Line's technology ...
Microsoft names Outsourcery as Cloud Champions
Outsourcery
Outsourcery has received a further accolade from Microsoft regarding its continued success as an Office 365 partner, being awarded the status of Microsoft Cloud Champion. This puts Outsourcery in the top class of cloud providers, as one of only 8 other ...
Industry needs European guidelines to make cloud fly
Manufacturing Computer Solutions
If European ICT providers are to succeed in the booming cloud market, politicians and business must work closely together to create the conditions for the cloud economy to keep growing. So says Carsten Rossbach, partner at consulting analyst Roland ...
Irish cloud start-up Tethras is on a hiring roll
Siliconrepublic.com
Tethras, which has offices in Dublin and California, has taken on 16 hires in the past six months, and it's planning to double its Irish workforce within the next two years, as it gears up to target the Far East with its cloud-based app localisation ...
Collaborating in the cloud
Ottawa Business Journal
With competition intensifying in the emerging cloud computing sector, companies are increasingly pooling resources to lower their costs, says one local industry observer. One example is Ottawa-based human resources software firm Corporate Renaissance...
'Mismanagement and irregularities' cloud relief efforts
The Express Tribune
KARACHI: A survey has revealed that a majority of flood survivors in the worst affected districts have not received their Pakistan cards worth Rs20,000 apiece. The 'Civil Society Flood Situation Report' shows that the distribution of cards by National ...
What skipped from Virtual Panel: Cloud Services Governance
ebizQ (blog)
By Michael Poulin on November 24, 2011 10:21 AM 0 Vote 0 Votes Today, InfoQ published "Virtual Panel: Cloud Services Governance", which I certainly recommend to read because such experts as David Linthicum, Thomas Erl and Steve Jones shared their ...
Viewpoint: How about Cloud-based voice?
PublicTechnology.net
The headlines around this have so far been firmly fixed on the G-Cloud initiative. But I think there's more to Cloud in the UK public sector - and in a perhaps surprising corner: voice communications.Cloud-based voice – an aid in estate ...
Microsoft president discusses cloud biz, data center in S. Korea
The Korea Herald
Microsoft is currently reviewing several options as a way to expand its presence in the Asian country and to step up a cloud business in the fledgling market that is considered to have good potential.Cloud business covers services such as data ...
Cloud computing player Wyse acquisition of Trellia to benefit Inventec
Digitimes
Cloud client computing solution player Wyse Technology's recent acquisition of cloud computing infrastructure management player Trellia is expected to benefit its major ODM partner Inventec in terms of shipment volume, according to sources from the ...
Claranet launches next generation cloud service designed to meet customers' needs
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
A new cloud computing service based on the delivery of enterprise-class services, fully integrating computing and network provisioning, has been launched by Claranet, the managed services provider. The new solution - Claranet Virtual Data Centre - has ...
Another reason not to cloud wash
ComputerworldUK (blog)
We know that enterprise infrastructure & operations professionals are under tremendous executive pressure to get to yes on cloud computing and that this can be an uncomfortable proposition. Understanding the security, maturity and return on investment ...
Rackspace Cloud Software Push Bucks Amazon, VMware
Investor's Business Daily
By REINHARDT KRAUSE, INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 11/23/2011 06:30 PM ET Rackspace Hosting's (RAX) push into cloud computing services followed the spend-money-to-make-money plan, but its growth strategy 2.0 is taking a different path. ...
ActiveState Commits To Free Stackato Micro Cloud
Dr. Dobb's
By Adrian Bridgwater, November 24, 2011 Canadian dynamic language company ActiveState has said that that after its beta stage is completed, its Stackato Micro Cloud will continue to be free of charge for developers to use as their own private ...
InfoQ: Virtual Panel: Cloud Services Governance
By Jeevak Kasarkod
Governance plays an indisputably important role in maintaining and guiding the implementation of an architectural vision. The advent of cloud computing has changed the architectural landscape affecting the needs and demands of existing ...
InfoQ Personalized Feed for Fergus Neff
ITIL and cloud series: Cloud for strategy and strategy for cloud ...
By Claudio Valant
We have seen (ITIL 2011 speaks about cloud computing. Is this enough?) that the majority of cloudcomputing references in the latest ITIL release are just in the Service Strategy book; I then underlined (Beyond the books, ITIL value and cloud ...
Thoughts on Cloud
Asustek launches solutions for private cloud computing
Asustek Computer, on November 23, launched a new solution ¡V Asus Cloud ¡V for the private cloud computing market and will also rename its subsidiary, Asus WebStorage, that primarily handlescloud computing business to Asus Cloud.
DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia
The Cloud and the Perfect Marketing Storm | Virtualization Journal
3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo Call For Papers and Sponsorship Opportunities Now Open! June 23-24, 2008 New York City.
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CLOUD COMPUTING OPENS UP NEW GROWTH PROSPECTS ...
By Naxal Watch
Cloud computing is technology that lets people save and process data, not on their own IT infrastructure, but virtually, on the Internet. It means far-reaching changes to the information and telecommunications (ITC) industry, as cloud computing ...
IntelliBriefs
Is Cloud the New Disaster Recovery Phenomenon?
By CloudWays Intl.
Briefs you on how to ensure and setup cloud disaster recovery with examples and cases. Gives you tips to make full proof cloud disaster recovery plan to ensure...
Blog
What exactly is cloud hosting? – All you should Know
By admin
Nowadays, cloud hosting is gaining a lot of popularity as it's the most affordable web hosting service service. There are several companies who you will need help from this hosting service so that they can easily mark their presence on the web ...
Shared Hosting Check - Hints,...
Cloud Computing Infographic: The History of Portable Data Storage ...
By Ivan
An interesting cloud computing infographic from Rackspace visualizing data storage technology advances in the past 10 years.
The Cloud Infographic
HP Blogs - Cloud Security Alliance Releases Guidance Version ...
By ArchieReed
As one of the 3 co-editors of the guidance I am pleased to have supported the effort to release the Cloud Security Alliance Guidance Version 3, as announced on Nov 16, 2011 at the CSA Congress held in Orlando, FL. Chris Rezek of ...
Archie Reed's Secure Observations...
A Look at Unified Networking for Cloud Environments ...
By Admin
Large server environments, network storage, and pervasive virtualization make for powerful computing – but also complex environments. But you can simplify your environment with unified networking. This demo ...
ReadWriteCloud
LAMP Platform » Blog Archive » Hybrid Cloud Computing Offers ...
By admin
Hybrid Cloud Computing: Best of Both Worlds Cloud computing may be the next big thing in IT, but companies looking into using it are frequently faced with the challenge of choosing whether to use the public cloud or to implement a private ...
LAMP Platform
New; The Sensory Cloud | Sensory Cloud Op Ed
We've started a new section here on the site regarding news, video and our opinions and ideas about what we're calling “The Sensory Cloud”. The sensory cloud  is the next key segment of Big Data.
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Now You Can Tunnel into Any Cloud Foundry Data Service | Cloud ...
Now You Can Tunnel into Any Cloud Foundry Data Service Cloud Foundry now enables developers to open a tunnel to any Cloud Foundry data service via a ...
blog.cloudfoundry.com/.../now-you-can-tunnel-into-any-clou...
Cloud Infographic: Cloud Computing Environmental Benefits | The ...
A cloud computing infographic explaining how the utilization of cloud computing instead of traditional enterprise data centers can reduce carbon footprint.
www.thecloudinfographic.com/.../cloud-computing-environm...
Confused About the Cloud? Deciphering Cloud Services for ...
Confused about the cloud? You aren't alone. Here we demystify the cloud and all the tech jargon surrounding it.
cloud-services-review.toptenreviews.com/confused-about-the-...
 

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