5 ways the Cloud will change in 2012

5 ways the cloud will change in 2012
Fortune
In 2011, cloud computing demonstrated that it was a major driver of change in the IT industry. What will happen next year? By Mathew Lodge, contributor FORTUNE -- In 2011, cloud computing demonstrated that it was a major driver of change in the IT ...

Fortune

Cloud Computing: Forecasting First Steps of Adoption
eWeek
While the fast path to cloud computing varies, it looks like many enterprises, as well as consumers, were already on the way before they really knew what cloud computing meant. Consumers who have been using online services for more than a decade may ...

Google: Cloud, Mobile, Social Will Define 2012
CRN
By Andrew R Hickey, CRN Google is closing out 2011 with a hefty focus on cloud, mobile and social technologies and how enterprises can leverage them to boost business. And as the calendar flips to 2012, Google said the confluence of those three ...

Oracle Miss Spurs Bearish Options Action In Cloud Space
Forbes
s shares posted double digit declines in the first half of the session as second-quarter earnings and guidance from tech-bellwether, Oracle, spurred selling across cloud-computing names. Shares in INFA currently trade 10.3% lower on the day at $36.79 ...

Web Based CRM and Cloud CRM Provider Really Simple Systems Releases Mobile CRM
Sacramento Bee
By Really Simple Systems Really SimpleSystems, Europe's largest vendor of Cloud CRM (Customer Relationship Management) systems, today announces the release of its mobile CRM application. The web based CRM solution works on iPhones, Blackberrys and ...

Massey Consulting to Present "Cloud Accounting in 2012 and Beyond"
Sacramento Bee
The webcast - https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/530020842 - provides an in-depth look at howcloud computing has changed the landscape of financial management and accounting software. "Businesses looking to replace accounting systems are interested ...

Panda Security Launches Beta Version of Panda Cloud Office Protection 6.0 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
21, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Panda Security, The Cloud Security Company, today announced the beta release of Panda Cloud Office Protection (PCOP) 6.0, its cloud-based security service for PCs, servers and corporate laptops managed remotely ...

Buy Up The Companies That 'Get' The Cloud
Seeking Alpha
Oracle's (ORCL) earnings bombshell yesterday is the first indication that cloud computing is hitting enterprise IT. Regardless of what it may say publicly, Oracle is not a cloud company. It sells big iron, Sun servers and Exadata data systems. ...

Zappos cloud security strategy: Distributed management
Search Networking
What does it say about cloud security issues when Zappos—owned by leading cloud provider Amazon—still doesn't place critical data in the EC2 environment? According to Saffet Ozdemir, Zappos chief security officer, it doesn't say much about the cloud ...

Will Defense Cloud Yield to Commercial Clouds?
Data Center Knowledge
After almost two years into the Federal Government data center consolidation project an interesting roadblock may have emerged to redirect cloud computing efforts. Plans to favor the DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency) cloud for military ...

New Issue of IBM Journal of Research and Development Focuses on Cloud Computing
MarketWatch (press release)
This issue focuses on cloud computing and emphasizes new technologies that form the foundational building blocks for scalable and secure computing. Cloud computing has the potential to greatly reduce the complexity of information technology (IT) ...

Can Independent Certs Take FUD Out of Cloud Services?
eWeek
When it comes to picking a cloud services provider, many companies and IT departments are overcome by fear, uncertainty and doubt -- FUD. Could independent cloud certifications quell those concerns? When it comes to blazing new trails in the realm of ...


Hybrid-Clouds: Why you should or should not do it
TheServerSide.com
Obviously, cloud computing is not just a fancy trend anymore. Quite a few SaaS offerings are already built on platforms like Windows Azure. Others use Amazon's EC2 to host their complete infrastructure or at least use it for additional resources to ...

HP 3PAR Utility Storage: Next-Generation Storage for Virtual and Cloud Data ...
InfoWorld
This white paper helps you learn how to deliver massive scalability, secure multi-tenancy, high performance, and high availability to fuel enterprise-class virtual data centers and cloud computing environments to meet even rapidly changing business ...

Make a commitment to music in the cloud
Daily Comet
By Kim Komando In one of their early hit singles, the Rolling Stones asked us in no uncertain terms to get off of their cloud. In 2012, Apple, Amazon and Google are inviting you to climb on to theirs, and they'd like you to bring your music library. ...

Active Endpoints Presents on Expert Panel Addressing "Leveraging the Cloud in ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Active Endpoints, Inc, the process automation company, is pleased to announce the availability of a recording from a panel entitled "Leveraging the Cloud in the Development Environment." The panel was part of the "Rapid Development & Deployment: ...

Secure cloud service: If you build it, you have to sell it.
GCN.com
By William Jackson The success of California's cloud-based Secure File Transfer service depends on convincing state agencies, cities, counties and other government entities to sign up as customers rather than build their own systems. ...

Top 5 Cloud Acquisitions of 2011
Redmond Channel Partner (blog)
With the rush to the cloud, it's no surprise that some of the largest IT vendors shelled out big bucks to gain ground in 2011. Many players were slow to acknowledge that the cloud is for real, or they have legacy platforms that are not easy to ...

Election Results Websites Heading to the Cloud
Government Technology
But experts agree that the cloud is starting to gain momentum for hosting those sites, due to the belief that the cloud is more reliable and can upscale quickly to avoid crashes. Andy Pitman, industry solutions manager for Microsoft, said in addition ...

Government Technology

Cloud Computing: How to Build a Cloud-Based QA Dev Test Lab
Advanced Trading
Overview: Cloud Computing is a technology that promises quantifiable benefits for application development and QA organizations: faster lab deployment, less manual set-up work, greater resource flexibility and utilization, and easier reproduction of ...

Kindle iOS app gets a significant update: refreshed UI, cloud support & more
VentureBeat
In addition to a new library organization view, all versions of the Kindle iOS app (iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch) also let you take advantage of Amazon's cloud services. You can now add documents to your Amazon Cloud account by emailing it to your ...

VentureBeat

Mindjet Reaches Cloud Altitude with Mind-Mapping Tools
Xconomy
To cope with the rise of the cloud and the Software-as-a-Service business model, the company had to hire an entirely new engineering team to recreate its Windows- and Mac-based software for the Web. It had to figure out how to take the information ...

CallinOates: The cloud development future in a nutshell
ZDNet UK (blog)
It quickly became a viral hit, but it's the tech behind that's rather fascinating, as it's powered by one of the more interesting cloud services around, Twilio. Perhaps best thought of as a cloud telco, Twilio is designed to deliver telecoms services ...

HP Cloud Service Automation: Intelligent Automation for Building, Managing ...
InfoWorld (blog)
Many lines of business are now procuring cloud services on their own because cloud computing professes to do what IT has long promised: deliver more for less and act as a business enabler. This method of acquiring services often leads to shadow ...

PingFederate Now Available on Amazon EC2
MarketWatch (press release)
PingFederate delivers simple, proven and secure cloud identity management for virtually any business use case allowing employees, customers or partners to securely access applications in theCloud. The introduction of PingFederate AMIs gives ...

Schumer visits Marist to pledge help to computer "cloud" venture
Poughkeepsie Journal
Marist College is pressing forward on a venture to become a center for developing "cloud computing," partnering with IBM Corp., a path its leaders believe can lead to thousands of jobs grown or retained within the Hudson Valley. Today, US Sen. ...

The Cloud for Entrepreneurs - Startup Giraffe
By amit
You probably hear about “the cloud” all the time, and how it's fundamentally and rapidly changing the way internet technology is conceived and developed. But what does it mean for you, the tech entrepreneur with a tight budget, perhaps little ...
Startup Giraffe

Alcatel-Lucent's "Carrier Cloud:" Switching to the Right Switch ...
By Scott M. Fulton, III
On Monday, we reported on an interesting development in a field of endeavor that ReadWriteWeb doesn't usually cover: the expanding capabilities of cloud servers for handling real-time voice ...
ReadWriteWeb

Active Endpoints Presents on Expert Panel Addressing “Leveraging ...
Active Endpoints, Inc, the process automation company, is pleased to announce the availability of a recording from a panel entitled “Leveraging the Cloud in the Development Environment.” The panel was part of the “Rapid Development ...
Enterprise Communications and...

Welcome to the Cloud
By Randall H. Duckett
I swore I would never move to the Cloud, which sounded like the villain from a '50s horror movie called The ...
Morris Creative Group

Why Government Cloud and Shared Services May Be On A ...
By Andrea Di Maio
A couple of years ago, when interest in cloud computing was starting in the public sector, I wrote a note about Shared Services in Government: Obscured by the Cloud? (client access required, any reference to the Pink Floyd's album is ...
Andrea DiMaio

You're Moving to the Cloud, Right? : Greenough
By jennifer Hrycyszyn
Can you name a company that isn't talking about the cloud? The movement of software, apps and content to the cloud can no longer be seen as a paradigm shift but instead an accelerated change. Two weeks ago SAP agreed to acquire ...
Greenough

Best Practices for Simplifying Your Network for Cloud Computing
By brian.yoshinaka@intel.com
"Ethernet is the backbone of the Cloud." Bold statement? Not at all. Any data center, cloud or otherwise, depends on its Ethernet network to allow servers, storage systems, and other devices to talk to each other. No network means no data ...
The Server Room Blog

Cloud Computing Explained | Softize
By Techie
The term Cloud Computing has turned out to be a colloquial term in the modern day computer market. In comprehensible words, “cloud computing” refers to the online services that are provided by different enterprises in order to meet needs. ...
Softize

Panda Security Launches Beta Version of Panda Cloud Office ...
By Panda Security
New version includes device control technologies and improved protection against new and unknown threats Contest offers $200 Amazon.com gift certificates.
Press Panda Security

Year in Review: SAP's Cloud Strategy in 2011 | ASUG News
By Thomas Wailgum
Skepticism regarding SAP's cloud strategy was rampant in early 2011. But much has changed at the close of the year. Now it's up to SAP to deliver on its promises.
ASUG News

Panda Security Launches Beta Version of Panda Cloud Office ...
By Panda Security
Contest offers $200 Amazon.com gift certificates to beta testers suggesting best improvements The company offers six months of free service (up to 250.
Press Panda Security

Consumerism Drives Cloud Adoption for Businesses | MSPmentor
By Renee Bergeron
Consumerism is driving cloud adoption for businesses, according to Ingram Micro Cloud VP Renee Bergeron.
MSPmentor

Cisco Blog » Blog Archive » Partners are Going to Love Cisco ...
It seems like you can't open an IT magazine these days without being bombarded by cloud, cloud,cloud. Going to tradeshows you see traditional vendors that ...
blogs.cisco.com/.../partners-are-going-to-love-cisco-cloudvers...

Contract Management in the Cloud | Cloud Business Review
There are many issues related to your healthcare contract management. Your answer may be in thecloud. Learn the cloud basics for health organization here.
www.cloudbusinessreview.com/.../contract-management-in-the...

It's Not Just the Cloud - The Re-invention of Everything | Cloud ...
Cloud Expo Authors: Ken Rutsky, William D. Souder, John Scherzinger, ... While those of us inCloud and IT tend to focus on a few ideas like Cloud and Big Data ...
cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/2103302

Beijing hopes to dominate cloud computing with “Cloud Valley ...
BEIJING — Beijing's government is pouring money into cloud computing, but can they attract foreign investors?
www.smartplanet.com/blog/global-observer/...to.../1313

C Is for Cloud in Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c (Oracle Enterprise ...
C Is for Cloud in Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c. By Anand Akela on Dec 20, 2011. Last week, I read a very nice article about the Oracle Enterprise Manager ...
blogs.oracle.com/oem/entry/c_is_for_cloud_in

Should we move the smart grid to the cloud?
Smart Grid News
They simply won't be able to afford the hardware, software and personnel to manage Big Data and to implement robust cyber security. And then there is Telvent's Jeffrey Meyers, who says what we really need is a partly cloudy grid. ...

Smart Grid News

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