eWeek
By Chris Preimesberger on 2011-12-23 When 2010 came to a close, the development of new private and hybrid cloud systems was on everybody's trending-up list. Now, as 2011 plays out, we can see that those predictions were generally correct; it was indeed...
eWeek
Cloud Computing Still Faces Obstacles to Adoption
eWeek
Misinformation and a lack of understanding have delayed some companies from obtaining the advantages of cloud computing. With the explosion of information regarding cloud computing, a lot of people think that everybody knows more than they want to ...
Apple Provides International iTunes Match, iTunes in the Cloud Details
PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius Apple on Thursday provided more details about the international availability of its iTunes Match and iTunes in the Cloud services. In two charts posted on the Apple support forums, the company broke down which types of files can be ...
Ha! Cloud Backup Schemes
PC Magazine
Over the last year or so, there have been numerous schemes afoot to provide users with various amounts of cloud backup. The price for this service varies from free to $10 a month (or $120 a year). There are some enterprise offerings that cost even more ...
Cloud on horizon - in a good way
Times LIVE
But the tech stars and black holes will be obscured by the cloud which will cover just about everything next year. The building blocks that will turn cloud computing into a reality for South Africans in 2012 are just about in place. ...
Deal Puts Akamai In The Cloud
Seeking Alpha
Earlier, IBM (IBM) and software-giant Oracle (ORCL) acquired smaller cloud-based companies. Even this month,German-based SAP (SAP) bought SuccessFactors for $3.2bn (link). Under the proposed deal Akamai will pay $268 million for the just three-year old ...
Microsoft Loses UC Berkeley Cloud Contract to Google
Redmond Channel Partner
By Gladys Rama Microsoft has lost the bid to provide cloud-based e-mail and calendaring services to the University of California, Berkeley, which announced this week that it has chosen Google Apps for Education over Microsoft's Office 365 suite. ...
Cloud computing changes everything
Network World
By Network World Staff, Network World The sheer number of cloud players - or companies that claim to be cloud players -- is staggering. By some estimates there are more than 2000 software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies alone. At this early point in the ...
Cloud security reviews give priority to GSA vendors
Federal Times
By NICOLE BLAKE JOHNSON | Last Updated:December 23, 2011 Verizon Federal Inc. and General Dynamics Information Technology are among companies whose cloud computing services and products will be vetted first by federal experts under a new mandatory ...
One Planet - Are Clouds Green?
BBC News
Clouds in cold climates and the environmental impact of our lives online. This week One Planet goes in search of the cloud - the digital cloud, where we're increasingly storing our music, pictures and documents. Cloud computing might sound etheral, ...
BBC News
Mobile, Social Networking, Big Data Drive IT Development, Investing in 2012
eWeek
By Clint Boulton on 2011-12-23 Cloud, mobile computing, social networking and "big data" analytics are some of the top trends steering the IT industry in 2012, according to end-of-the-year conclusions from market research firms such as IDC and Gartner. ...
eWeek
Cisco launches cloud-based managed services channel program
SearchNetworkingChannel.com
Cisco has launched a cloud-based managed services program, OnPlus, for channel partners seeking to offer remote network management and assessment to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). “Small businesses need a lot of support -- financial, ...
Top 10 Cloud Computing Predictions and Implications
International Business Times
By Manikandan Raman: Subscribe to Manikandan's RSS feed The cloud computing will be the buzzword in 2012 as it would spread to mobile devices, mobile advertising, and wireless equipment. Apple has already launched its iCloud service and would be ...
International Business Times
Beyond the Tablet Wars: Apple, Amazon, and the Cloud
Xconomy
Much has been written on the battle between Apple and Amazon. Certainly Steve Jobs' passing has made us all reflect, and perhaps on a much deeper level than before, on the man and the empire he created. In many ways, the companies are more alike than ...
Army enterprise e-mail, DOD cloud: What happens next?
FCW.com
According to the provisions, the Army's enterprise e-mail program would be defunded pending its designation as a formal acquisition program and a renewed, in-depth review, and DOD's transition to cloud services through the Defense Information Systems ...
Nimbula Announces Cloud Migration Service
ITProPortal
California based cloud outfit Nimbula has rolled out a brand new cloud migration service in order to help businesses migrate from public clouds back to their own premises. The last couple of years witnessed too many businesses from all around the globe ...
ITProPortal
Tablets hurt, but cloud helps Intel
CNET
"The boom in media tablet sales has...both upsides and downsides for Intel--hurting its business in netbook microprocessors--but boosting its sales of chips used in data centers to support cloudcomputing," said Matthew Wilkins, an analyst at IHS, ...
Seagate Changes Cloud Based Division Name Back to EVault
ITProPortal
Seagate has changed the name of its i365 cloud based back-up business division back to EVault. The company had acquired EVault five years ago for $185 million and had combined it with document search platform MetaLincs and its Seagate Recovery Services ...
DataDirect Networks (DDN), Technology Leader of the Big Data and Cloud ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"In today's era of Big Data and Cloud Computing, organizations are seeking to derive maximum value from the massive amount of information they have to process every day, and DDN delivers the products and technology to help them do just that. ...
A Developer-Friendly Cloud | Cloud Computing Journal
The recent Cloud Expo at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, was the largestCloud Computing conference ever produced with more sponsors, exhibitors and delegates than all other Cloud events of the year combined! ...
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No more access to Google's Hadoop cloud for researchers — Cloud ...
By Derrick Harris
Google announced that it's ending its Academic Cloud Computing Initiative, a joint program with IBM and the National Science Foundation that gave researchers access to a massive Hadoop cluster on which to run their data-intensive projects.
GigaOM
ZeroPC Cloud Navigator: Syncing Files The Easy Way
By Bern Oliver
The ZeroPC Cloud Navigator is capable of supporting a vast amount of data from various cloudservices however, it is still incapable of supporting YouTube, which is currently the largest online video streaming service.
Android Authority
Friday Cloud News Roundup | GMO Cloud America
By GMO Cloud America
Cloud Computing News Highlights: ZDNet predictions, Cloud Convergence Council, IndependentCloud Certification, Gartner Group predictions, US Cloud-based Call Centers, Renee Schmidt onCloud and SMBs benefits.
GMO Cloud America
Cloudability Raises $1.1M to Trim the Cloud Fat | SiliconANGLE
By Maria Deutscher
The startup brings the economics of the cloud full circle from the user side: it addresses the fact that while as-a-service solutions are much cheaper than in-house alternatives, costs can be further reduced by preventing excess usage and ...
SiliconANGLE
Workday gears up for IPO, plans to raise up to $500M | VentureBeat
By Devindra Hardawar
Following in the footsteps of Jive Software's successful IPO, Workday, a company that providescloud software for business operations, is said to be planning for its own public offering next year.
VentureBeat
RickHuebner: Guess What? You're Already in the Cloud!
By Rick Huebner
As a result, the buzz around 'to the Cloud' has only confused the slow & steady evolution. As a result, a recent study from The NPD Group found that less than a quarter of surveyed consumers believed they understood 'cloud computing', while ...
RickHuebner
Debunking the Cloud Myths | Cloud Business Review
By Ivan
With the cloud some falsehoods have gained a little too much traction, so it's time to debunk some of those cloud computing myths - here are four of them.
Cloud Business Review
Microsoft Kicks Off Cloud Fundamentals Video Series - The Geek ...
By Erika Vilches
Cloud computing is gaining more and more ground each and every day, and there are many solutions users can choose from. Among them, there are those coming from Microsoft, which is focused on ensuring that its cloud products offer the ...
MSDN Blogs
Pros and Cons of Cloud Computing | YES Cloud Computing
By 6dmin
What are the pros and cons of cloud computing? There are pros and cons with nearly everything in life; this affects the world of technology. We make our decisions based on the total weight of the advantages over the negative aspects of ...
YES Cloud Computing
Apple details iTunes in the Cloud and iTunes Match Availability by ...
By MacDailyNews
Apple has detailed iTunes in the Cloud and iTunes Match availability by country. Tables on Apple's support site show you what types of purchases you can download again in each country and in which countries iTunes Match is available. ...
MacDailyNews
Cloud Computing: Cost Savings in the Cloud | Cloud Computing ...
The recent Cloud Expo at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, was the largestCloud Computing conference ever produced with more ...
cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/2110140
Download CompTIA Exam Questions - Get CompTIA Cloud ...
Save big on CompTIA Cloud Essentials training with CertKiller CompTIA CompTIA Cloud Essentials Certification Bundle. Pass your exam guaranteed with the ...
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Cloud Computing: Forecasting First Steps of Adoption - Data ...
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 ...
www.eweek.com/.../Cloud-Computing-Forecasting-First-Steps-...
Microsoft releases SkyDrive cloud storage app for the iPhone and ...
Microsoft has released their SkyDrive app for the iPhone and iPod touch, giving users access to their free cloud storage service and allowing 25 gigabytes.
www.tipb.com/.../microsoft-releases-skydrive-cloud-storage-a...
Zenoss: Cloud Predictions for 2012 : VMblog.com - Virtualization ...
As we say goodbye to 2011, it's been an incredible year of technology as the cloud continues to mature. Here are my predictions for 2012:
vmblog.com/archive/.../zenoss-cloud-predictions-for-2012.asp...
Microsoft: The $71 Billion Cloud Underdog - Nick Mehta - Voices ...
If I say “cloud computing,” what companies come to mind? Amazon's Web Services? Google'scloud-based collaboration tools, Google Apps? How about ...
allthingsd.com/.../microsoft-the-71-billion-cloud-underdog/
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