Mobile Cloud Computing Will Soar in 2012

Mobile Cloud Computing Will Soar in 2012
Data Center Knowledge
It's no surprise that many cloud experts predict that mobile cloudcomputing will become increasingly important in 2012. Given the numbers of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices shipped every day, more and more users are relying on the cloud ...

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Cloud Roundup for January 12, 2012
ReadWriteWeb
By Joe Brockmeier / January 12, 2012 1:00 PM / 0 Comments This post is part of our ReadWriteCloud channel, which is dedicated to covering virtualization and cloudcomputing. The channel is sponsored by Intel and VMware. Read the case study about how ...

Spanish Bank Boosts Cloud Software Prospects
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Steve Rosenbush Spain's second largest bank announced that it would shift 110000 employees to Google's Web-based email and productivity tools, one of the biggest deployments of its kind in the history of cloud computing. On Wednesday, Banco Bilbao...

Cloud investments zoom, account for 1/4 of web deals
GigaOm
12, 2012, 10:31am PT No Comments Venture capital investment in cloudcomputing companies accounted for more than a quarter of Internet deal volume and more than a third of Internet investment dollars, in 2011, according to CB Insights. ...

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nCircle Joins Cloud Security Alliance
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 12, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- nCircle, the leader in automated security and compliance auditing solutions, today announced that it has joined the CloudSecurity Alliance (CSA). The CSA is a non-profit organization dedicated to the ...

Delfigo Security Cloud Authentication Processing and Verification Patent ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Delfigo Security, the pioneer in intelligent authentication solutions, has been granted USPTO approval for the Cloud Authentication Processing (CAP) and Verification patent application filed under the "Green Technology Pilot Program". ...

The Looming Cloud-Streaming Game Wars: OnLive Partners with Google TV
TIME
If you're looking to pick up one of these newfangled Google TV-based televisions, make that OnLive, the cloud-streaming game service that lets you play high-end video games over the Internet without worrying about platforms, downloads, installs, ...

TIME

Primadesk Cloud Management Platform Offers Mobile Capability
eWeek
We are excited to see our first investment, Primadesk, make excellent progress in the personal cloud content management space,” said John McIntyre, managing director of Citrix Startup Accelerator. “We expect them to make significant strides this year ...

Electronic Device Makers Turn Focus To Cloud To Compete With Apple, Amazon
Wall Street Journal
Whether calling it an "ecosystem" or "cloud computing," device manufacturers are trying to stake their claims in the fast-growing area of storing consumers' content and media. However, analysts said only a handful are likely to survive, largely because ...

Social Security Considers Private Cloud Storage
InformationWeek
By Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek The Social Security Administration (SSA) is considering a private cloud as one option for a new enterprise disk storage device infrastructure and services that would support the agency's entire data-storage needs ...

Akamai Takes to the Cloud
Motley Fool
By Shubh Datta | More Articles The cloud proved to be a big draw in 2011. Top companies spread across various business lines jumped on the bandwagon to delve into the cloud space. With tech giant IBM acquiring Web-based analytics software company...

The Cloud's Foggy Path in Healthcare
EBN
Many hospitals experiencing electronic patient data growth can gain enormous benefits from cloud technology, which creates data storage efficiencies and can provide an alternative to costly storage infrastructure systems. However, a recently released ...

Cloud MSPs Merge, Form Major Cloud Player
CRN
By Andrew R Hickey, CRN OutsourceIT and GoBeyondIT have joined forces to become one of the largest privately held cloud service providers and managed service providers nationwide, the two companies announced. The merger, which combines OutsourceIT, ...

FedRAMP cloud computing standards initiative spurs optimism, criticism
SearchSecurity.com
Industry experts and cloud service providers are hopeful about the prospects of a new federal program that sets cloud computing security standards, but they also note some potential pitfalls. For one security expert, the program represents a lost ...

Cloud VPS: A Combination that Spells Success
Tophosts
Cloud computing is currently one of the hottest topics in the IT industry, and for good reason; the convenience and flexibility of this advanced computing solution makes it ideal for SMBs who need continual access to their company's vital computing ...

Technical Innovation Selects Glowpoint Cloud Managed Video Services
MarketWatch (press release)
"We chose to work with Glowpoint because they offer the most complete portfolio of managed services for video, delivered from their OpenVideo(TM) cloud," stated Kevin Powers, Managing Principal of Technical Innovation. "Our customers continue to ...

Cisco sending enterprises to the cloud
Network World
By Jim Duffy, Network World In an effort to accommodate enterprise users looking to implement private and hybrid clouds, Cisco in the coming months will unveil an "integrated" WAN routing system of existing, but enhanced, products. ...

Developers Prep For Mobile, Public Cloud Boom; Love Metallica
CRN
By Andrew R Hickey, CRN Developers have spoken and said that mobile development and the public cloud will be two major focuses in 2012. And while they're coding, they'll most likely crank Metallica, a new survey has revealed. ...

Bermuda's Largest Real Estate Company Adopts Cloud Computing from QuoVadis
MarketWatch (press release)
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Jan 12, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Bermuda's largest real estate management company, Bermuda Realty Company Limited (trading as Coldwell Banker Bermuda Realty) has adopted a Private Cloud computing solution from QuoVadis Services' ...

Service Providers Gain From SMB Cloud Computing Growth: AMI
eWeek
As cloud computing continues to gain acceptance in emerging markets, service providers (such as telcos, multiple system operators and hosters) are well positioned to gain mindshare and become an important route to market (RTM) for small to medium-size...

The State of Cloud Computing: Getting Real in 2012
Channel Insider
While the hype around cloud computing was in full swing in 2010 and businesses stuck their toes in the water in 2011, this year looks like the one where cloud computing will become real at more companies. Here's a look. The hype around cloud computing ...

Cloud investments zoom; account for 1/4 of web deals — Cloud ...
By Barb Darrow
Last year, venture capital investment in "true" cloud computing companies constituted more than a quarter of overall Internet deal volume and more than a third of Internet investment dollars, according to new research from CB Insights.
GigaOM

Developers will flock to public cloud in 2012 — Cloud Computing ...
By Barb Darrow
The cloud is looking pretty good to software developers this year, according to new Zend Technologies' research. More than half of the 3335 developers surveyed said they expect to use a public cloud for their work in 2012, with AWS being ...
Cloud

Cloud Roundup for January 12, 2012 - ReadWriteCloud
By Joe Brockmeier
Amazon is offering direct connect more widely, Dell has gone green with its cloud and the folks over at CloudBees have some helpful tips on triggering builds in ...
ReadWriteWeb

Cloud Security by Bill Rounds
Cloud file storage is a great way to get a little bit more privacy. Separating your sensitive files from your physical location gives you flexibility and security. But are you exposing yourself to more risks by trusting your data with another company? ...
LewRockwell.com

Python Script: Point Cloud Skinner | BlenderNation
By Bart
Convert your point cloud data into surfaces with this Python script for Blender. Hans.P.G. writes: This script, Point Cloud Skinner can skin a cloud of vertices, which means to create a 3D surfaced mesh out of just a cloud of … Continue reading ...
BlenderNation

DeskStream acquires Irish cloud and virtualization software startup ...
By Robin Wauters
US-based desktop virtualization software maker DeskStream has acquired Northern Irish cloud start-up WorldDesk, the companies are set to announce today at CES in ...
TechCrunch

Cloud Gaming Europe almost sold out - Edge Magazine
By Ben Maxwell
The organisers of Cloud Gaming Europe, which takes place next week from January 17 to 18 in London and includes speakers from Crytek, CCP Games, Square Enix, Sega, Gaikai and Jagex, have said that the event has nearly sold out. ...
Edge Magazine - Main feed

Virtual Personal Cloud Important information - 36stairsfilm.com
By philip
The expression cloud computing originates from the usage of a cloud picture to symbolize the internet world. We depend seriously on this 'cloud' for reliably sending and obtaining data. There have been data pipes, routers and servers and ...
36stairsfilm.com

The Neat Company goes to the cloud at CES » Coolest Gadgets
By Mark R
The Neat Company goes to the cloud at CES. by Mark R - on January 12th, 2012. Most of you know that I am always looking for some sort of “neat factor” when it comes to the gadgets that I report about. The Neat Company is something that I ...
Coolest Gadgets

ActiveState's Stackato Now Supports HP Cloud Services ...
By Maria Deutscher
Stackato, the open-source private PaaS based on VMware's Cloud Foundry, can now be deployed on HP Cloud Services. The latter is a cloud-powered platform designed for the enterprise, and is currently in private beta. Stackato itself left that ...
SiliconANGLE

Cloud is complex—deal with it — Cloud Computing News
If you are looking to cloud computing to simplify your IT environment, I'm afraid I have bad news for you. For every problem eliminated by choosing cloud, it just ...
gigaom.com/cloud/cloud-is-complex-deal-with-it/

Book Excerpt: "To The Cloud: Cloud Powering an Enterprise ...
When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer publicly declared “We're all in” on cloud computing in March 2010, he wasn't just referring to Microsoft's products. He also ...
blogs.msdn.com/.../book-excerpt-quot-to-the-cloud-powering-...

Cloud Cruiser and Cloud Expo 2012 | Cloud Business Review
Cloud crusier debuts at cloud expo 2012 in New York this summer. Learn how to cut your costs and manage your cloud chargebacks.
www.cloudbusinessreview.com/.../cost-optimize-your-cloud-cl...

Telecommuting Efforts Increasingly Aided by the Cloud - Cloud ...
Organizations are increasingly able to offer the benefits of telecommuting to workers, due in large part to their increasing adoption of cloud solutions that support ...
www.smartertechnology.com/.../Telecommuting-Efforts-Incre...

Managing Data in the Cloud | Cloud Computing Journal
The recent Cloud Expo at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, was the largest Cloud Computing conference ever produced with more ...
cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/2112926

Cloud Computing: Predictions For 2012 « Perspectives on Cloud ...
This year has seen a number of changes in cloud computing, from the range of services available to the adoption of cloud computing. Amazon, Microsoft, Google ...
cloud-computing.learningtree.com/.../cloud-computing-predic...

10 Cloud Predictions For 2012
The cloud will continue to evolve in 2012, from new advancements in PaaS to mobilecloud capabilities, here are 10 cloud predictions for 2012.
www.crn.com/slide.../10-cloud-predictions-for-2012.htm

Jan. 12 #cloudchat: All about hybrid cloud | Thoughts on Cloud
Hybrid cloud was big in 2011 and no doubt will only grow as a major strategy in ... We'll have Christopher Ferris, IBM Distinguished Engineer and CTO Cloud ...
thoughtsoncloud.com/?p=1623

Cloud Computing Buyers Demand More, Survey Finds - Network ...
Plain vanilla cloud infrastructure isn't the main goal. Companies want to use online apps, develop cloud apps or run a more automated internal cloud.
www.networkcomputing.com/public-cloud-tech.../232301213

The Link Between Browser Share, Cloud Computing, and Security ...
Some interesting ambient cloud news came out on January 1. Internet Explorer is continuing its decline and Google Chrome is benefiting. (And my old, formerly.
cloudsecurity.trendmicro.com/the-link-between-browser-share...

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