Dell buys AppAssure to boost cloud services
CBS News
Computer makes like Apple Inc. are increasingly offering cloud computing services, which give customers remote access to big data storage and processing centers. Cloud services let laptops and personal computers run with far more memory and computing ...
7 ways SMBs can make cloud storage and backup safer
ZDNet (blog)
By Heather Clancy | February 24, 2012, 4:38am PST Summary: Cloud storage and backup services are rewriting the rules for SMB business continuity strategy, but don't rush in without doing some due diligence. Earlier this week, I had the privilege of ...
BizCloud® Launches Cloud Computing Technology Placement and Recruiting ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
BizCloud connects Cloud Computing Jobs to job seekers looking for the next cloud computingchallenge. Biz Cloud Recruiting services offers a range of just in time professional services placement that meet a wide spectrum of cloud business and industry ...
Cloud computing: Rural interest likely to make global impact
Hindu Business Line
One would expect a high amount of activity in cloud computing in the major cities, but Unisys has found that people in smaller towns and non-metros are fascinated and even have the capability to write white papers on the subject.
Data Dimension Makes Cloud Adoption Easier
NetworkComputing.com
Dimension Data has announced a series of cloud services for both public and private cloudsthat are intended to make it easier for organizations to adopt cloud computing more quickly. The services perform functions associated with planning, design, ...
SunGard Availability Services Expands Cloud Services Into Canada
Bradenton Herald
23, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ -- SunGard Availability Services has expanded its Cloud Services to Canada with the launch of its first Canadian-based cloud computing delivery centre. The newcloud centre will offer SunGard's Enterprise Cloud Services, ...
Cloud services pose difficulty for UK tax authorities
Cloud Pro
UK businesses need to be wary of the potential tax liability of revenues and profits generated bycloud services according to a new report from KPMG. The consulting firm has warned that it is even feasible that UK businesses might be liable for double ...
Dimension Data Rolls Out Enterprise Cloud Services
Wired News
Dimension Data cannonballed into the cloud pool today with a number of new enterprise cloud services, mostly acquired with its purchase of OpSource in June of last year. In addition to the global system integrators' new cloud offerings — servicing ...
Dimension Data announces global cloud services
ITWeb
Dimension Data, an ICT services and solutions provider, today unveiled a comprehensive range of cloud services aimed at making it easier for companies to accelerate their adoption of cloud computing. Available on a global basis, Dimension Data's Cloud ...
Mapping the Global Policy Environment for Cloud Computing
Huffington Post (blog)
Cloud computing is the fastest-growing and most exciting new sector in the software and computing industries. IDC estimates that by 2015 revenue from public IT cloud services will account for one out of every seven dollars spent on commercial software, ...
Cloud computing in 2012: An InfoWorld special report
Network World
InfoWorld gives you the full scoop on the state of the cloud in 2012, including key trends in thecloud's technology and its job opportunities, as well as what you have to know about the cloudbefore developing for it. Find out how cloud computing will ...
Box gives 50 GB cloud storage to all Android users
SlashGear
Attention anyone with an Android phone or tablet – sign up for a Box account right now because you'll get a whopping 50 GB of cloud storage absolutely free. This special offer is only available for the next 30 days, and it is definitely not just some ...
SunGard: Cloud Concepts Are 'In Our DNA'
Data Center Knowledge
(Source: SunGard) In the battle for enterprise cloud computing customers, the field includes newer companies that have pioneered cloud technology, as well as established players with deep roots in enterprise IT. And then there are companies that seek ...
Data Center Knowledge
Cloud Computing: GSA Pushes Forward Government Adoption of the Cloud with FedRaMP
Formtek Blog (blog)
In this way, there is just a single test that must be passed in order to become eligible to sellcloud services into the government. The requirements were issued by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), part of the US General ...
Cloud Computing: Old Big Data Cozies Up with New Big Data
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Teradata, once famous for massaging huge classical databases so Wal-Mart, say, could stock just so many navy blue whatevers, has teamed up with Hortonworks, the months-old Yahoo-spun off open source Apache Hadoop supporter, so they can push ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Box updates Android cloud service and offers 50GB free storage
ComputerworldUK
By Matt Hamblen | Computerworld US | Published 10:37, 24 February 12 Box has updated itscloud storage service Box for Android, adding a new interface to support Android 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich' devices and new collaboration features.
Your quick guide to a successful cloud architecture
InfoWorld (blog)
By David Linthicum | InfoWorld Technology vendors like to sell "guaranteed" success for building your own cloud computing service, whether public, private, or hybrid. Don't believe them. In my consulting work, I find the path to success is not that ...
Box Gives Android Users 50GB of Free Cloud Storage
TIME
By Harry McCracken | @harrymccracken | February 24, 2012 | + The 50GB allotment is 10 times Box's standard free offering of 5GB, and will be automatically provided to anyone who logs into Box from one of the new Android apps by March 23rd.
Cloud computing poses questions for sensitive information in virtual world
Columbus Business First
The very term “cloud computing” doesn't inspire confidence about security, emphasizing the ephemeral nature of off-site data storage. “You can outsource the capability but can't outsource the responsibility for protecting your customers' information,” ...
Building a Flat Earth for the Cloud
BusinessCloud9
Think Cloud Computing is a global phenomenon? Think again perhaps for now. Some countries are threatening the future of Cloud - and rather interestingly most of the culprits are those who've made a fortune out of offering low cost offshore outsourcing ...
Ask the Expert: Cloud services
Insider Media
By David Wigley, On Direct Business Services David Wigley, operations director at On Direct Business Services, explains whether cloud services are relevant to a business. Q: What arecloud services? Could they help my business or are they just hype?
Keynotes From Box, Amazon Web Services, Bromium, Eucalyptus and Straterra ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Leading companies in cloud computing are slated to deliver keynotes, user case studies and hands-on tutorials at Seattle's newest and largest cloud computing conference. Leading companies in cloud computing are slated to deliver keynotes, ...
SMBs Occupy Forefront of Cloud Adoption
MSPmentor
Popular opinion holds that cloud computing is a technology area dominated by large enterprises, with a few brave SMBs dipping their toes in and the rest hanging back to see how things develop this year. However, at least one set of data contradicts ...
Box offers Android users 50GB of cloud storage
Expert Reviews
Cloud storage specialist Box has extended its offer of 50GB of free storage for life to cover users of all Android tablets and smartphones, regardless of manufacturer. The move echos a similar offer from late last year, in which Box teamed up with LG...
Expert Reviews
ISACA Releases Principles for Secure Enterprise Cloud Computing
Proformative
Cloud computing provides businesses with scalable, on-demand solutions for data backup and storage, disaster recovery, application ... It's often assumed that most employees have their eye on that corner office, but research suggests a new generation ...
Government agencies shouldn't overlook Cloud approaches: Unisys outsourcing expert
CFOworld
By Hamish Barwick Making use of Cloud approaches such as virtualization and automation is something Australian government agencies shouldn't overlook, as it is a way to try Cloud computing without the risks, according to Unisys outsourcing expert Wayne ...
As Cloud Storage Is Heating Up, Box and Dropbox Give Android Users a Treat
Android Authority
by Bogdan Petrovan on Feb 24, 2012 with 0 Comments">0 Competition in the cloud storagearena is reaching a boiling point, with all major players announcing new features, more storage, and grand plans for the future. Quick recap: Apple will bake iCloud ...
The perfect Cloud is an open Cloud
Australian Techworld
There's a good reason why the words 'Cloud computing' feature in most IT dialogues today. It's a hugely important evolution in the way we consume and operate computing today. More than that, it's a fundamental shift to an operational model in which ...
Cloud computing in North and South America - GridCast
By Catherine Gater
A further working group on cloud computing for science is looking in particular at security issues in cloud storage. In general, future research areas in Brazil will include finding clean and cheap energy sources for large data centres, using ...
GridCast: live and behind the...
Maximum PC | Box Offers 50GB Of Free Cloud Storage To Android ...
By Brad Chacos
While PC geeks may be eagerly awaiting the launch of Ivy Bridge and Kepler GPUs, less hardcore tech fans have been throwing dollars at two particular niches: mobile and the cloud. Box, a cloud storage company competing for your ...
Maximum PC - All Articles
Cloud Computing - Why Cloud? - Microsoft UK Government Blog ...
By HowieT
So what could cloud computing bring to Public Sector organisations? At Microsoft we articulate the benefits of cloud in three key areas: Agility, Focus & Economics. Agility: Public Cloud servicesenables organisations to move to utility ...
Microsoft UK Government Blog
Box offers 50 GB of FREE cloud storage, revamps Android app for ...
By Andrew Kameka
Online storage service Box has updated its Android app and is offering 50 GB of free personal storage to celebrate.
Thursday Poll: Your Cloud Storage Service of Choice is? – Droid Life
By Kellex
I use Minus because I got 11GB for free which has bumped up to 15 for referrals and the upload limit is 2GB. I just checked out box because of the free 50GB, but what is the point if you can't even upload a avi file to watch a movie? 100MB is ...
Droid Life
SunGard Availability Services Expands Cloud Services into Canada ...
By editor
SunGard Availability Services has expanded its Cloud Services to Canada with the launch of its first Canadian-based cloud computing delivery centre. The new cloud centre will offer SunGard's Enterprise Cloud Services, a highly-secure, ...
FindMyHost Directory
The Right Coast: Crazy cool cloud computing for your iPad Tom Smith
By Tom Smith
This may be the excuse I need to get an iPad when the new one comes out in March or April.
The Right Coast
Friday Cloud News Roundup | GMO Cloud America
By miccilopez
Cloud Computing News Highlights: Hollywood Goes to the Cloud, Formal Opinion on Cloud Computing, Golden Age of SaaS, UCertify Now CompTIA Approved, Cloud Utility. ... Utility Cloud Computing Talk. An article in Daily Finance takes notice of the steadily increasing cloud startups and companies that want to expand their presence. The author lists down which companies offer their cloud services utility-style and identifies which aspects they are particularly strong in. For instance: ...
GMO Cloud America
Is Nicira a Game-changer? Maybe. Harbinger? Definitely ...
By cwhitehouse
Also bear in mind that there are quite a lot of major players, such as Cisco also plying their trade in the same Layer 2 and 3. via Is Nicira a Game-changer? Maybe. Harbinger? Definitely. | CloudTweaks.com – Cloud Computing Community.
Enterprise Strategy Group
OakLeaf Systems: Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2 ...
By Roger Jennings (--rj)
A compendium of Windows Azure, Service Bus, EAI & EDI Access Control, Connect, SQL Azure Database, and other cloud-computing articles. image222 .... By leveraging the Cloud storageeffectively, applications can scale better. image ...
OakLeaf Systems
South African cloud services get less nebulous | AfricanBrains
By AfricanBrains
Cloud computing offerings from vendors have divided into two camps: those in which the vendor controls the entire stack from top to bottom with large potential benefits in integration and performance but at a risk of lock-in, and those that have ...
AfricanBrains
Zenny's Weekly Cloud Links #47 by @tbalinas via @Zenoss
By Travis Balinas
Every Friday we like to highlight some of our favorite posts on IT Operations, Cloud Computing, DevOps, Big Data and anything else that grabbed our attention over the week. Here are some great articles from the week of February 20th that ...
The Cloud Management Blog
Box gives 50GB free cloud storage for all android users! ~ Hitech 24
By thekir
In the middle of last October, the famous cloud storage service Box.net offered 50GB free to all holders of equipment iOS, in order to get noticed by the iCloud. Now the company is back with the same offer to all holders of equipment Android, ...
Hitech 24
Cloud computing & financial services for the poor: Primer ...
It focuses particularly on microfinance and mobile money (m-money) services, which demonstrate the promise and perils of relying on cloud services.
zunia.org/.../cloud-computing-financial-services-for-the-poor-...
Cloud Computing and Government Security - CSEDEV
Cloud computing is used by the government to both help make public services more accessible and to keep certain secrets permanently off-limits. The “G.
www.csedev.com/cloud-computing-and-government-security/
Smart, Safe and Secure Cloud Computing | European Identity ...
Even though the term “smart” has been used a bit inflationary on this planet in recent times, the tectonic shift induced by cloud computing is significant, and it has ...
www.id-conf.com/blog/2012/02/17/newsletter-2012-3/
Global Cloud Computing Scorecard | Summary | Business Software ...
Summary. The first-of-its-kind BSA Global Cloud Computing Scorecard ranks 24 countries ... or data transfers may act as barriers to the take-up of cloud services.
portal.bsa.org/cloudscorecard2012/
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