Top 12 Countries for Cloud Computing (US is #4); and the BSA Global Cloud Computing Scorecard 2012 (pdf)

Top 12 Countries for Cloud Computing  (US is #4)
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Data privacy: Balance between laws and regulations and free ability to move data through the cloud efficiently 2. Security: Proper management of risks inherent in storing and running applications in the cloud 3. Cybercrime: Laws providing meaningful ...

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Business Software Alliance: Global Cloud Computing Scorecard 2012 (pdf)

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http://portal.bsa.org/cloudscorecard2012/assets/PDFs/BSA_GlobalCloudScorecard.pdf

Cloud Computing Market for SMBs in Asia-Pacific (Excl. Japan) to Reach US$16.5 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SINGAPORE, Feb 28, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Small and medium businesses (SMBs, companies with less than 1000 employees) in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan) will invest US$16.5 billion in cloud computing solutions, according to the latest ...

RSA and Zscaler Teaming Up to Deliver Trusted Access for Cloud Computing
MarketWatch (press release)
RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE:EMC) and Zscaler today announced they are jointly developing a cloud-based solution to assert continuous trust in identities accessing any web application or cloud service. The solution is designed to help enable ...

RightScale, Equinix Partner on Cloud Services
Data Center Knowledge
(Source: Equinix) In a blue-chip partnership targeting the intersection of colocation and the cloud, data center service provider Equinix and cloud computing specialist RightScale are helping customers connect private clouds with large-scale public ...

Data Center Knowledge

Cloud computing and the rise of the virtual office
Humans Invent
To put the success of Cloud into context so far, Amazon's web services (AWS) achieved revenues of $500 million in 2010 and predicted $750 million for last year, while Merrill Lynch research predicted that the Cloud computing market will be worth $160 ...

IBM and Business Partners Drive Client Success in the Cloud
MarketWatch (press release)
Expected to grow to more than $214 billion by 2020,* cloud computing has become a catalyst for capturing new business value through innovation, stronger customer relationships, and faster time to market while reducing cost and complexity.

Automated encryption for cloud storage
Help Net Security
SafeGuard Encryption for Cloud Storage automatically encrypts files uploaded to the cloud from any managed endpoint. This simple process requires little more than choosing a password, which allows secure file access from anywhere – thereby improving ...

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Silly Businesses, Cloud Computing isn't Just for Cost Savings
CloudTweaks News
A similar shift is taking place right now with cloud computing. The discussion around cloud computing has moved beyond 'if' it is going to happen and is now a question of 'when.' The cloud makes IT hardware and software a commodity so only the largest ...

CloudTweaks News

Ericsson Joins OpenStack, Aiming at Operators With Cloud Ambitions
PCWorld
By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Ericsson has joined OpenStack as part of its plan to serve operators that want to become cloud computing providers, the company said on Tuesday. OpenStack is an open-source community that develops software for private and ...

3 tips for using cloud services to extend your data center
ITworld.com
PricewaterhouseCoopers found that 41% of security and IT respondents said their organizations have already implemented cloud computing, most going with SaaS offerings. To plot your cloudstrategy, analysts and other experts say you should start by ...

How to choose your cloud service provider
ITworld.com
By Thor Olavsrud, CIO | Cloud Computing Add a new comment February 28, 2012, 7:41 AM — Many organizations have now gone so far as to dip their toes into the shallow end of cloud computing, and many more are thinking about testing the waters.

Cloud Computing, Big Data and EMC's Impressive Quarterly Results
CloudTweaks News
One of my recent articles explored the idea of cloud computing contributing to lower margins at Microsoft (See: Can Cloud Computing Be Bad For Microsoft?). While that may still be true with respect to Microsoft's highly profitable MS Office suite, ...

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Cloud Computing Jobs Plentiful - Finding Great Talent More Difficult
Infoboom
Recent predictions indicate strong growth for the cloud over the next five years, meaning businesses of all sizes will have to create cloud computing jobs and then find IT pros with the right kind of expertise. While many universities and colleges now ...

ioBridge Provides Internet Connectivity Technology and Cloud Services for New ...
MarketWatch (press release)
28, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- ioBridge, Inc. ( http://www.iobridge.com ) is pleased to announce that Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc. ( http://www.zodiacpoolsystems.com ) selected ioBridge to provide Internet connectivity technology and cloud services ...

ITpreneurs Offers Cloud Essentials Course in Dubai
MarketWatch (press release)
"Comprehensive, certified training is extremely important for the growing cloud computingindustry," said Sukhbir Jasuja, CEO, ITpreneurs. "We heard great feedback on this training and our company is looking forward to continuing this course offering.

Cloud Computing services: SMEs can reduce computing costs, achieve greater speed
Economic Times
Cloud Computing has emerged as a new area in IT and is at the top of the mind for every chief information officer (CIO) today. SMEs that contribute to one-third of IT investment (as per EMCZinnov study 2012) find Cloud Computing as the most appealing ...

Dell Planning Cloud Computing Certification for Partners
TalkinCloud (blog)
As you may guess, most of our conversation centered around Dell's cloud strategy. And to help bring channel pros along for the cloud ride, Davis noted the coming weeks will see the launch of a cloud computing certification.

USA Ranks 4th In World Cloud Computing Report
Infoboom
According to the results of the Global Cloud Computing Scorecard, recently released by the Business Software Alliance, there are wide variations in countries' readiness for a global network of cloud services, and this has serious implications for ...

Creating the Infrastructure for Cloud Computing (Book Excerpt) by Intel Press
DABCC.com
Written for the professional IT engineer, Creating the Infrastructure for Enterprise Cloud Computing is the essential practical guide to the theory, practice, and implementation of virtual service grids. The book is organized into separate sections ...

Simplifying cloud deployment
ITworld.com
Like most new technologies, cloud computing can require significant changes in business processes, application architectures, technology infrastructure, and operating models that must be properly understood. Having a well thought-out strategy can mean ...

Redpine Signals and Exosite to Showcase a Wi-Fi Enabled Cloud-Computing ...
SunHerald.com
BOSTON -- Redpine Signals, Inc., a leading developer of ultra-low-power, high-performance multi-standard wireless chipsets and modules, and Exosite, a provider of cloud-connectivity solutions for embedded applications, today announced a cloud-connected ...

RightScale and Equinix Partnership Delivers New Cloud Management Service for ...
MarketWatch (press release)
MIAMI, Feb 28, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Equinix, Inc. (NASDAQ:EQIX) , a provider of global data center services, and RightScale(R), Inc., the leader in cloud computing management, today announced a strategic global partnership to deliver a complete ...

Employees get the cloud, but IT -- not so much
InfoWorld (blog)
By David Linthicum | InfoWorld Recently, InfoWorld's Galen Gruman pointed out that cloud storage is beginning to see productive use -- and IT is not having any of it. After all, why let productivity get in the way of preventing an unlikely security ...

Lighthouse Computer Services Launches Data Management Cloud Services Powered ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Actifio™, the Protection and Availability Storage (PAS) platform company, today announced that Lighthouse Computer Services will launch a new suite of cloud services based on Actifio's PAS platform integrated with IBM hardware.

Doro shows off smartphone and cloud services for the elderly
ComputerActive.co.uk
Doro, a specialist manufacturer of simple mobile phones for the elderly, has announced its Android smartphone and accompanying cloud services. The PhoneEasy 740 is unlike most other Android smartphones as it has a slide-out keypad with big buttons, ...

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Document Security Systems to Expand IP Portfolio in Cloud Computing, Mobile ...
Bradenton Herald
By Document Security Systems, Inc. ROCHESTER, NY, Feb. 27, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ -- Document Security Systems, Inc. (NYSE Amex: DSS; "DSS"), a leading developer and integrator of cloud computing data security and security printing technologies which ...

Connectria: Cloud Computing Company No Longer Hidden in the Cloud
Infoboom
The cloud hosting company is not a household name, even within the tech world. But a leading financial site has pegged it as the second-ranking cloud hosting provider in North America. Globally, it ranks fourth. How did that happen?

Dell Advances Public Cloud Security with Trend Micro SecureCloud Solutions
MarketWatch (press release)
Dell's comprehensive cloud offerings also include private and hybrid clouds, as well as application integration and consulting services. Privacy and security issues are a growing concern as more companies turn to cloud computing and virtualization.

Telcos see future in the cloud
CNET
In the cloud. John Chambers, Cisco Systems' CEO, talks about cloud services at Mobile World Congress 2012. We've all heard this schtick before: Carriers don't want to be the purveyors of dumb pipes. Their equipment suppliers--namely, Cisco Systems and ...

Cloud Computing Vendors: The Top Cloud Computing Mega-Vendors
By Michael Gabriel Sumastre
A clear consensus exists: the term Cloud computing has become synonymous with resource optimization that brings about cost-effectiveness on top-line &... ... Small and medium businesses, according to a survey by Search Cloud Computing, are jumping into the Cloudahead of large enterprises. CRN, an online specialist information services provider, is estimating that by 2014, SMBs will spend as much as $100 billion for Cloud services. In this regard, business decision-makers are ...
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ISACA Issues Six Principles for Effective Cloud Computing
By Press Release
The growing shift to cloud computing can deliver significant value—but most enterprises have little knowledge of the perils of transferring IT decision-making away from technology specialists to business unit leaders. Eliminating oversight and ...
The Data Center Journal

Driving through the clouds - Cloud computing in the automotive ...
Aggressive manufacturers now also use cloud computing to drive product innovation - from development to end of life. Cloud services offer easier provisioning for software development and testing, which can measurably reduce the time and ...
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ioBridge Provides Internet Connectivity Technology and Cloud ...
By ioBridge
28, 2012 — ioBridge, Inc. (http://www.iobridge.com) is pleased to announce that Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc. (http://www.zodiacpoolsystems.com) selected ioBridge to provide Internet connectivity technology and cloud services for its new ...
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Getting Your Head Into The Cloud Computing | the pluralsight blog
By Paul Ballard
Would you like to more about cloud computing and what it can do for your organization? In this video excerpt from David Chappell's course “Cloud Computing: Seeing The Big Picture” you'll learn what factors should be considered in ...
the pluralsight blog

DataSift now gulps two years from the Twitter firehose — Cloud ...
By Barb Darrow
Cloud Computing News · Events · GigaOM.tv · Research · Home · Apple · Broadband · Cleantech · Cloud · Collaboration · Mobile · Video · Cloud. DataSift now gulps two years from the Twitter firehose. By Barb Darrow Feb. 28, 2012, 12:01am ...
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ioBridge Provides Internet Connectivity Technology and Cloud ...
ioBridge Provides Internet Connectivity Technology and Cloud Services for New Intelligent Pool Control System by Zodiac Pool Systems. ... Devices connect securely and directly with ioBridgeCloud Services via an Internet connection.
ITbriefing.net

e-Jobs Observatory: Virtualization and Cloud Computing Forum (in ...
By KP
The Virtualization & Cloud Computing Forum 2012 is taking place this year in Athens - Greece on April 14th, 2012. This event offers knowledge about virtualization and cloud computing, for those who are interested, such as key business and ...
e-Jobs Observatory

6 Principles For Effective Cloud Computing | Business Computing ...
By Ramses Gallego
Eliminating oversight and governance from cloud computing decisions can create significant risk to organisations, effectively undermining any benefits of moving to the cloud and, at the same time, potentially creating serious issues for ...
Business Computing World

NaviSite Chooses Desktone to Deliver Desktops as a Service (DaaS)
NaviSite, Inc., a premier provider of enterprise-class hosting, managed application, managed messaging and managed cloud services, today announced a partnership with Desktone, Inc., the pioneer of Desktops as a Service (DaaS) to offer ... Virtualization & Cloud Computing News, Support, Podcasts, Videos, Downloads for the Citrix, VMware, Microsoft, Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services), Application Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization (VDI), ...
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Download Gladinet Cloud Desktop 4.0.847 - FileHippo.com
Gladinet Cloud Desktop mounts cloud storage as local folders. Users can access their cloudfiles in Windows Explorer. Supported storage includes Amazon S3, AT&T Synaptic, Box.net, EMC Atmos onLine, FTP, Google Docs and Picasa, ...
FileHippo.com

Private Planet and NEC join forces for global cloud computing ...
By Gary Marshall
London-based Private Planet has signed a global deal with NEC to deliver a white-label personal cloud computing solution for mobile and telecom operators. The collaboration will integrate Private Planet's cloud platform technology and ...
Smart UK Project

Cloud Computing Market for SMBs in Asia ... - Nearshore Journal
By admin
SINGAPORE, Feb 28, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Small and medium businesses (SMBs, companies with less than 1000 employees) in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan) will invest US$16.5 billion in cloud computing solutions, ...
Nearshore Journal

View From the Wings at RSA - Cloud Computing | Microsoft ...
By trusted-cloud
The Trustworthy Computing blog shares Microsoft perspectives about cloud computing. From security in the cloud to the evolution of IT, we show how Microsoft works to build a trustworthycloud.
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Cloud Computing - Ecademy
The term 'Cloud Computing' was born in the middle of 2007. ... From cloud services, the company doesn't have to spend large amounts of money on licensing ...
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Cloud Computing: Next Stage with Some Great Offers

Cloud Computing Moves Into Next Stage with Some Great Offers
Technorati
The signal that Cloud Computing is maturing comes from the latest spate of storage space offers. We are not new to this development curve. Computers first started out as mainframes hidden behind walls and inside huge glass cages, before they became ...

Technorati

Feds Offer Agencies Guidance On Cloud Implementation
InformationWeek
As agencies adopt cloud services, a new report helps set some guidelines around SLAs, security, and privacy. By Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek Since cloud computing services represents a paradigm shift from the way federal agencies historically ...

Sophos Focuses On Cloud Storage Security
CRN
By Antone Gonsalves, CRN Sophos launched Monday the latest version of SafeGuard Enterprise, which adds cloud storage security to the collection of modules for encryption and data loss prevention on desktops, laptops and removable media.

Head of HP-LeftHand Engineering Moves on to Nirvanix Cloud Storage
MarketWatch (press release)
27, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Nirvanix today announced the appointment of Dave Barr as Vice President of Cloud Storage Engineering, effective immediately. Barr joins Nirvanix from HP (NYSE:HPQ) , where he was responsible for managing the entire ...

Does The Cloud Keep Pace With Moore's Law?
InformationWeek
[ How does your cloud plan stack up financially? Check out our cloud computing ROI modeler. ] Let's say our carpenter can pound six nails per minute, but he typically pounds nails for only one hour per working day. At 250 days a year, that's 90000 ...

Document Security Systems to Expand IP Portfolio in Cloud Computing, Mobile ...
Sacramento Bee
27, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Document Security Systems, Inc. (NYSE Amex: DSS; "DSS"), a leading developer and integrator of cloud computing data security and security printing technologies which prevent counterfeiting and brand fraud, announced today ...

SunGard Availability Services Expands Cloud Services into Canada
WebHosting.Info
SunGard Availability Services, a provider of disaster recovery services, recently announced that it has expanded its Cloud Services to Canada with the launch of its first Canadian-based cloud computing delivery center. The new cloud center will offer ...

iomart Hosting provides cloud storage and backup for new UK branding network
Tophosts
WEBWIRE – Monday, February 27, 2012 - iomart Hosting, one of the UK's leading providers ofcloud computing and managed hosting services, is providing cloud storage and backup for a new personal branding network that's just launched in the UK.

The cloud goes public
CNNMoney
The market seems to be welcoming business-software IPOs with open arms, provided they offer some cloud computing capabilities. They are not, however, being met with the critical scrutiny Facebook has received. By Kevin Kelleher, contributor FORTUNE ...

CNNMoney

Cloud Computing and Tablet Computers a Perfect Combination
SBWire (press release)
San Francisco, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/27/2012 -- EverythingTechnology.net has released theirCloud Computing section of their website not only explaining the entire thought process behind the cloud, but also explaining how it will change the way society ...

The Cloud (Storage) Wars…
CloudTweaks News
By now you've probably heard the term, “Cloud Wars”, though with so many fronts sometimes it's difficult to ascertain which Cloud battles are being referenced. In The Battle for the Enterprise the reference is to cloud computing leaders making their ...

CloudTweaks News

From the Experts: Cloud Computing's Hidden Export Regulation Risks
Corporate Counsel
By using cloud-computing services, ranging from personal services like Gmail to large-scale enterprise data storage solutions. While cloud-based services have become a valuable tool for improving efficiency, outdated government regulation leaves cloud ...

Cloud Computing Excellence Award for Malta-based 2X Software
DI-VE
by di-ve - editorial@di-ve.com Malta-based 2X Software has won the prestigious Cloud Computing Excellence Award for its 2X Application Server XG in the United States. The Award was granted by Cloud Computing Magazine, the authoritative source of news ...

Cloud Computing: Can a Bankrupt Chinese Company Stop the iPad?
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Proview, the bankrupt Taiwan-Mainland China display house that apparently - through slight of hand - rooked Apple out of the rights to the iPad trademark in China - is supposedly making settlement noises after a Shanghai court refused to stop iPad ...

SYS-CON Media (press release)

Cloud Security Alliance launches innovation program, eyes mobile threats and ...
Computerworld
At this year's summit, the CSA announced their latest initiatives, which include examining ways to better secure mobile devices through cloud computing, looking at ways to drive more security innovation, and a concerted push into the Asia-Pacific ...

Sophos Makes Cloud Encryption Simple
MarketWatch (press release)
SafeGuard protects critical data in public, private and hybrid cloud environments. Securing theCloud Automatically Many of today's businesses use cloud services to store and share sensitive data; cloud services are useful tools that let people get to ...

Hewlett-Packard readies cCell cloud package for SMEs
ITworld.com
February 27, 2012, 10:09 AM — Hewlett-Packard will launch cCell, a package of standardized technologies to support the decentralized deployment of clouds, at next month's Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany. The cCell package was initially developed ...

MIT takes aim at secure, self-healing cloud
Computerworld
By Brandon Butler Network World - What if a cloud computing infrastructure could recognize a cyberattack, eliminate it, and never stop working while all that is being done? That's what researchers at MIT, with help from the federal government, ...

Cloud Security Alliance Launches Mobile and Innovation Initiatives at RSA
MarketWatch (press release)
CSA's initiatives in these areas will focus on accelerating delivery of a trusted cloud ecosystem, furthering the organization's mission to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud Computing, and to provide ...

Cloud Computing: How to Make Your Data Center 'Cloud Ready'
SYS-CON Media (press release)
In many organizations, the pressure extends to scrutiny of the internal IT organization as a whole and how it might compare to the promise of external cloud services. Many public cloudproviders are selling the CEO on the belief that hosting and ...

Cloud Computing: Dimension Data Cloud Services Go Global
SYS-CON Media (press release)
It also wheeled out CloudControl, an integrated cloud management system that automates provisioning, orchestration, administration, metering and billing. It's an enhanced version of OpSource widgetry. The unified platform is supposed to make moving, ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

ScaleXtreme Automates Cloud-Based Patch Management For Virtual, Physical Servers
NetworkComputing.com
ScaleXtreme, a provider of server automation products, has launched a cloud-based patch management automation product for use in public cloud, virtual and physical servers. The tool does automatic scanning and remediation for patch management, ...

NUIG and HP launch MSc in Cloud Computing Research
Siliconrepublic.com
... in Cloud Computing Research which offers a programme of advanced research on the business-focused aspects of cloud computing. The degree was designed by the JE Cairnes School of Business and Economics at NUI Galway with HP Galway's Cloud Services ...

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Xerox Launches IAAS Cloud for Power Systems, Intel Servers
IT Jungle
by Alex Woodie Xerox is the latest company to roll out an infrastructure as a service (IAAS) cloudoffering that includes support for IBM i workloads. Unveiled last month, Xerox Cloud Servicesenables small and midsized businesses to run their IBM i, ...

Cloud Security Alliance Announces Asia Pacific Expansion Initiative; Announces ...
Sacramento Bee
"The dynamism of the cloud computing market and its exponential adoption across Asia Pacific has created a growing sense of urgency among organizations to take a hard look at cloudsecurity. Asia Pacific plays a critical role in the future of cloud ...

HP Launches Enterprise Security Cloud Connections Partner Program
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Feb 27, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced a new partner program designed to accelerate the adoption of secure cloud computing. A major obstacle to the adoption of cloud computing is the lack of visibility ...

Viewpoint: Focus on Cloud Computing
InfoWorld
What does it take to be successful in the cloud? This edition of VIEWPOINT includes articles from industry experts, BMC thought leaders, partners and users. Whether you are just starting your cloud journey or looking to maximize current cloud ...

WHAT IS CLOUD COMPUTING? « Longwoods Blog
By admin
Companies like HP, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft offer products that either directly involve cloud computing services or rely on them in some way. Amazon, the online retail giant, has a thrivingcloud storage business. That doesn't mean ...
Longwoods Blog

Will the cloud render today's business software obsolete? | Cloud ...
By Olafur Ingthorsson
With the skyrocketing popularity of cloud computing, and with every major vendor talking aboutcloud strategy, have we reached the point where business software is approaching obsolescence? The short answer, in my opinion, is “no.” In this ...
Cloud Computing Topics

Big data adoption issues – What's the big deal? — Cloud Computing ...
By Mark Thiele, Switch
Big data today, is what the web was in 1993. We knew the web was something and that it might get big, but few of us really understood what “big” meant. Today, I believe we aren't even scratching the surface of the big data opportunity.
GigaOM

Accelerate server virtualization and lay the foundation for cloud with ...
By Yesica Schaaf
IT professionals want to implement cloud computing as a way to grow their organizations, achieve competitive advantage and meet current IT challenges. In preparation for the move tocloud, companies are initiating server consolidation and ...
Smarter Computing Blog

Cloud Based Accounting Software For Your Small Business ...
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Cloud Computing Companies and Information Database · CloudTweaks.com – Cloud Computing Community · Home · Cloud Computing Q&A · Search · Cloud Jobs · Cloud Events ·Cloud Diagrams · Cloud Stocks · Cloud Workshops ...
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The SHI Industrial-Strength Cloud Computing blog: How financially ...
By Thai Lee
The official blog of the SHI Cloud, where we discuss the requirements and challenges of mission-critical cloud computing, including cloud security, cloud performance, and engineering the industrial-grade cloud. About · Bloggers · Press Room · Contact Us. Monday, February 27, 2012. How financially strong is your cloud services provider? When you're choosing a cloud services provider, you're certainly looking at the technology platform, its partners, and who's using the services.
The SHI Industrial-Strength Cloud...

Yandex will Launch Own Cloud Storage « SeoRussia.com
By seorussia
“Yandex” will launch free service for cloud storage soon, Vedomosti newspaper noticed. The service will synchronize to the “cloud” information from the user's computers and mobile phones. Probably this will is the Russian response to Apple ...
SeoRussia.com

Video: Cloud Computing – Innovation on Demand | Inside-Cloud.com
In this video, experts from AT&T, Amazon.com, Google, IBM and Cognitive Electronics met at Tuck School of Business to discuss the innovative applications of cloud computing that are taking place right now and what we might see in the future ...
Inside-Cloud

Head of HP-LeftHand Engineering Moves on to Nirvanix Cloud ...
At Nirvanix, Barr is responsible for leading the expansion of the company's global cloud storageengineering team and delivering the next generation of enterprise-grade cloud storage services. Barr will report to Randy Hollis, Vice President of Operations and ... The company has significant momentum and I look forward to introducing additional innovations to their cloud servicesportfolio to further accelerate growth." HP acquired LeftHand in Oct. 2008, where Barr was Director of ...
ITbriefing.net

Peter's Griddle on Club Cloud Computing.com: All my apps went to ...
By pve
Peter's Griddle is the blog section of www.clubcloudcomputing.com where you will find digital reports about getting ahead in the cloud world. Sign up and get a free e-book on cloud computing skills. Contact me through LinkedIN by searching ...
Peter's Griddle on Club Cloud...

Cloud computing and the “me versus you” problem | Digitopoly
Cloud computing and the “me versus you” problem ... organizations are moving towards cloud services and all-in-one outsourced solutions (Oracle, SAP, IBM, … ) ...
www.digitopoly.org/.../cloud-computing-and-the-me-versus-y...

Box offers 50GB of free cloud storage for Android users - TechSpot ...
For the next 30 days, Box will be offering 50GB of completely free online storage space to users who download their Android-based app. The generous amount ...
www.techspot.com/.../47550-box-offers-50gb-of-free-cloud-st...

Cloud Computing Stocks: The Sky is the Limit - AMZN, IBM, MSFT ...
There are different opinions about how cloud computing should be defined, but we can stick to a simple concept and state that cloud computing simply means ...
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Abby Wakama discusses Cloud Computing ahead of the Cloud ...
Latest IT event news, from the Cloud Computing World Forum Africa.
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DIMENSION DATA ANNOUNCES GLOBAL CLOUD SERVICES
easier for companies to accelerate their adoption of cloud computing. Available on a global basis,. Dimension Data's Cloud Services enable companies to be ...
www.dimensiondata.com/.../DimensionDataLaunchesGlobalCl...

Why Corporate Cloud Storage Doesn't Add Up - Slashdot
I can see some benefits in other cloud services (though I still find the trust aspect difficult to reconcile), but full-on cloud storage offerings don't make sense ...
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US cloud computing report slams Brazil, India, China - Economic ...
Cloud computing refers to providing software, storage, computing power and ... wants to put a wall around the country to limit the provision of cloud services to ...
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Cloud computing: How to go hybrid

Cloud computing: How to go hybrid
ITworld.com
A study conducted at Gartner's 2011 Data Center Conference in December showed that 78% of 2500 attendees surveyed said they plan to build private cloud services by 2014. "We believe that the vast majority of private clouds will migrate or evolve into a ...

Cloud computing boom changing IT structures
Hartford Business
By John A. Lahtinen It is estimated that the cloud computing market will reach nearly $250 billion by 2016, an astounding $170 billion increase from 2011. In addition, more than half of Global 1000 companies are expected to store data in the public ...

Marvell Showcases Total Solutions for Mobile Devices, Smart TVs, Cloud ...
MarketWatch (press release)
26, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS -- Marvell (NASDAQ:MRVL) will showcase at Mobile World Congress 2012 end-to-end silicon platform solutions for mobile devices, Smart TVs, connectivity, cloud computing and services, ...

Big silver lining: Dist. 87 tech director helps bring cloud computing to class
Bloomington Pantagraph
Last week, some of the brightest minds in technology were in California's Silicon Valley to discuss the best policies and practices in cloud computing for state and local government. Among them was District 87 Technology Director Jim Peterson.

Money Power: Understanding cloud computing basics
Tulsa World
By JOHN MILEY Money Power The sky truly is the limit when dealing with cloud computing, but take precautions to keep your risk down to earth. 1. Where's my stuff? Going to the cloud means saving your electronic files on giant, off-site hard drives or ...

Ericsson launches Data Center Build and Optimization offering
Reuters
Ericsson enters the market for data centers, enables telecom operators to offer cloud services for their enterprise customers Operators ideally positioned to offer high quality, high security and high availability cloud services to enterprises With an ...

The Cloud Gets More Awesome with New Offers
Computerworld
Dropbox announced a new feature that automatically uploads full-size copies of your photos to its cloud storage service whether you're on a Mac, Windows PC, or Android phone. Compatibility with iOS devices is coming soon.

Ericsson's Network-enabled Cloud meets needs of the Networked Society
Reuters
To meet these needs and continuously build and sustain the Networked Society, Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) is developing the concept of a Network-enabled Cloud. It is Ericsson's comprehensive effort to simultaneously evolve cloud computing and telecom ...

Customer education key when considering cloud
Hartford Business
Q&A talks with Steve Pelletier, general manager at West Hartford's SPELLNET, an IT services provider offering cloud computing, hosting, network design and implementation, systems development and systems maintenance. Q: How is SPELLNET helping companies ...

Boorish BSA Cloud Report Keeps Spirit of SOPA Alive
SYS-CON Media (press release)
the Spirit of SOPA does well in a new cloud-computing report from The Business Software Alliance. Asia, in general, does not. Viewing numerous aspects - establishing IT infrastructure, ensuring data privacy and portability, promoting security, ...

SYS-CON Media (press release)

Ping Identity sets up in Australia, Japan
iTWire
According to Ping's chief revenue officer, Bill Dedrick, as in North America and Europe, more organisations in Japan and the Asia Pacific are “turning to cloud computing and mobility to grow their businesses and be more efficient.

Windows 8 will Launch an Improved Cloud Service
TechLeash
Cloud storage seems to become quite a big deal these days and apparently everybody wants to have a piece of the business. Microsoft included. The company already released a cloud storage under its mighty banner who bears the name SkyDrive, ...

TechLeash

Why is Dropbox Successful? It's the Simplicity (Stupid)
PC Magazine
We're willing to bet that its 50 million users would have a variety of answers as to why they enjoy the cloud storage service. Benchmark Capital's Bill Gurley has a few words of his own: More than 400, in fact, as to why he and his firm find a value ...

Cloud security: How to make the switch
ZDNet UK
Despite the obvious commercial and technological benefits of the cloud, enterprise adoption is still in its infancy. In survey after survey, the primary barrier at an executive level to the adoption of cloud services is security.

ZDNet UK

Marvell (Nasdaq:MRVL) a Buy on Robust Technology Portfolio
Live Trading News
Marvell (Nasdaq:MRVL) will showcase at Mobile World Congress 2012 end-to-end silicon platform solutions for mobile devices, Smart TVs, connectivity, cloud computing and services, which demonstrate the breadth of Marvell's robust technology portfolio.

Live Trading News

Porticor Launches Encryption Technology for Cloud Computing
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
More and more enterprises now rent space or servers on the cloud to store data. However, the fact that such data remains outside the ambit of the enterprise's security system and invisible to the enterprise poses a serious security headache.

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)

How mobile, BYOD and younger workers are reinventing IT
Techworld.com
The same is true about technology and how users interact with their smartphones and tablets, computers and even personal cloud services. At its most basic level, the integration of technology into users' everyday lives - both at home and at work - is ...

NIVIO in expansion mode on business & charitable fronts
Moneycontrol.com
Nivio continues to set the standard for cloud desktop performance. It has recently secured a USD 21 million investment from Videocon and AEC partners. 28-year-old Sachin Duggal has been known for developing the world's first functional cloud computing ...

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OnLive Desktop just made the iPad more Productive
PDF Devices
by Manju Chandra In a move that will not only promote OnLive from being a video-streaming service to a serious, productive service provider, thecloud computing company has just announced, for the ipad three free Microsoft Office tools.

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Web Hosting - FirstServer Offers Percona Server for Cloud Hosting Applications
Greatresponder.com
FirstServer will certainly include a Percona-branded model of Percona Server being a choice for FirstServer's Z Cloud services. FirstServer provided together with Joyent, an international supplier of cloud computing solutions, FirstServer's Z Cloud ...

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Four Managed Services Predictions That Never Came True
MSPmentor
The concept was to offer outsourced NOC and Help Desk services in addition to acting as a distributor for cloud services (before they were called cloud) and finally offering training services to help the transition to an MSP model.

FXI and Polkast(TM) to Bring Content from Any Device to Any Screen
MarketWatch (press release)
TRONDHEIM, Norway & BARCELONA, Spain, Feb 26, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- FXI Technologies(TM), innovator of the world's first any screen computer, and Polkast, a personal cloud service that securely connects a user's computers and mobile devices directly, ...

Acer floats Cloud Mobile smartphone
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The Cloud Mobile is a sleek, black handset with a business-like design and a 4.3-inch screen, 1.5GHz dual-core processor and NFC. The Cloud Mobile will ship with Android 4 and promises support for the new Acer Cloudpersonal cloud storage system that ...

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Apple Inc. (AAPL) Enhances Japanese iTunes: iTunes Plus, 3G Downloads ...
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Rumors earlier in the week suggested that Apple Inc. (AAPL) was looking to roll out their iTunes in the Cloud services to its Japanese users, and on Wednesday, Apple did exactly that. This allows Japanese users to freely download previous content from ...

Webcast dispels confusion about cloud-based software
DC Velocity
By DC Velocity Staff Curious about what cloud-based computing means for logistics? Are you unsure exactly what cloud computing is, and whether it's appropriate for supply chain applications? Frank Camean, founder of the 4Sight Supply Chain Group, ...

Adobe Brings Photoshop Touch to the iPad
Mashable
Adobe said these remaining apps will launch for iOS later this year and will all work with Adobe's Creative Cloud services. Other features in Adobe Touch for iPad include the ability to share to Facebook directly from the app, search, using Google, ...

Cloud storage apps - what are they and how do they work ...
By Jerry Hildenbrand
Cloud Storage Dropbox and Box.net have been in the news recently, updating their apps and giving away tons of free space, so it's understandable that a few of us are wondering what the heck they're all about. Sure, you know ... To the CLOUD!! !! Posted by Bla1ze Saturday, Feb 25, 2012 17 hrs ago. iCloud is pretty bad still, some cloud services are great but iCloud is an example of one that still needs some work. Posted by shabbs Saturday, Feb 25, 2012 14 hrs ago. In what way is it ...
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Cloud computing and the “me versus you” problem | Digitopoly
By Kwanghui Lim
Cloud computing and the “me versus you” problem. By Kwanghui Lim On Feb ... On the one hand many corporate organizations are moving towards cloud services and all-in-one outsourced solutions (Oracle, SAP, IBM, …). On the other hand ...
Digitopoly

Cloud Expo NY: Enterprise Transformation Using Cloud and Cloud ...
With cloud services, a traditional project that just obtained survey information from customers and provided reports was transitioned to leverage an authentication service,cloud customer information service, cloud reporting service and other cloud services to provide a scalable, ... The growth and success of Cloud Computing will be on display at the upcoming Cloud Expo conference and exhibition in New York City, June 11-14, 2012, and in Santa Clara, CA, November 5-8, 2012.
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SAP on the Cloud » SAP and SuccessFactors – this combination is ...
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About this Blog. The sky is no longer the limit. Thanks to cloud computing, the power to streamline business processes, collaborate on actionable insights, and make informed decisions can be yours right now. Not in one year, not in six months.
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Cloud security: How to make the switch | Security Management ...
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When you move to the cloud, take your security with you rather than accept the lowest-common-denominator measures on offer, says Rik Ferguson. ... In survey after survey, the primary barrier at an executive level to the adoption of cloud services is security. Executives are concerned that ... Google Drive cloud storage coming soon, says report.... From cloud computing to remote working, your business should consider these ways to keep your business secure as traditional IT.
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Marvell Showcases Total Solutions for Mobile Devices, Smart TVs ...
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26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS — Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) will showcase at Mobile World Congress 2012 end-to-end silicon platform solutions for mobile devices, Smart TVs, connectivity, cloud computing and ...
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Google Drive said to support third party apps
By Edgar Cervantes
Currently, Dropbox is the king of cloud storage services. But if any service has a chance at taking over the market, it is Google Drive. And it looks like it may not only offer an awesome and affordable service, but other developers will be able to ...
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The Path to the Intelligent Cloud | Cloud Computing Journal
Before we know it the next generation of cloud computing will be upon us and it will be ... The current focus on what is cloud computing is but a mere distraction ...
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Cloud computing at Pulse 2012 pre-conference | Thoughts on Cloud ...
These Cloud and Data Center Optimization topics will show customers how IBM SmartCloud solutions provide the industry's most advanced cloud services and ...
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Telcos Poised To Disrupt Amazon's Enterprise Cloud - Cloud ...
... a piece of the enterprise cloud services market popularized by Amazon and Rackspace. ... Junkins was speaking to a standing-room-only mix of cloud industry ...According to Heavy Reading senior analyst Ari Banerjee, cloud computing will ...Box.net Uses Collaboration For Cloud Storage Advantage · IBM Gives First ...
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DiData launches OpSource cloud services — Cloud Computing News
Dimension Data, the big systems integrator, bought OpSource for its cloud services in June, and is now unveiling the updated clouds offering under its brand.
gigaom.com/cloud/didata-launches-opsource-cloud-services/

Cloud Computing: Giving Up Control In The Name Of Simplicity
Krish is an analyst and researcher focussed on high impact topics in the areas such asCloud Computing, Open Source and the interface between them.
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Cloud Computing: Its Benefits, And How It Is Implemented By ...
Cloud Computing Companies and Information Database. CloudTweaks.com ... Cloud Storage: Changes Coming to Online Storage · Cloud Infographic: The ...
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6 Shining Examples of Cloud Computing in Action - Forbes
There's no question that most businesses have been trying out cloud computing in one form or another in recent times. A new report from The Economist ...
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AGIMO Cloud Computing Guidelines | CloudTimes
Cloud computing as the post says may have challenges and drawbacks, but with ...Act 1997 (FMA Act) that will cover Better Practice Guides for cloud services.
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Dimension Data debuts global cloud services to accelerate adoption ...
Dimension Data debuts global cloud services to accelerate adoption of cloudcomputing. Thursday, 23 February 2012 07:49. AddThis Social Bookmark Button ...
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What is Cloud Computing: At a Glance | Cloud Business Review
Storage is a key concept for cloud computing as it gives consumers the ability to store all of their files and data into a virtual hard drive or “cloud storage”.
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