Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Google Drive Cloud Storage To Debut In April

Google's Drive cloud storage offering 'might' finally arrive next week
Washington Post
Google's long-awaited Drive cloud storage service might finally arrive during the first week of April, according to a thinly sourced GigaOM report. In early February, we heard that Google would soon launch a cloud storage service similar to Dropbox, ...

Zetta Launches SMB Cloud Storage Platform
InformationWeek
By Deni Connor Zetta launched an updated cloud storage platform Tuesday that connects small and midsized businesses' (SMBs') on-premises data with cloud-based storage for data protection, archiving, and disaster recovery.

Is there a 'best' way to set up your private cloud storage?
Computerworld
By Jon Gold Network World - Given that cloud computing is still emerging, it shouldn't come as a surprise that opinions vary widely on the best way to architect the storage. In fact, it seems likely that there is no such panacea -- different types of ...

Autodesk Unveils New Design Suites and Cloud Services for Manufacturers
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Mar 27, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) today unveiled its new 3D design and engineering software portfolio for manufacturers, offering a complete set of integrated and interoperable suites and cloud services to ...

Hexagrid and Cobalt Align to Engineer a Cloud Computing First in Disaster Recovery
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Built on the Hexagrid cloud computing platform, Cobalt Solutions launches the first clouddisaster recovery solution that provides true business continuity. Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) March 27, 2012 Hexagrid, a leading developer of Infrastructure as a ...

Basho Unveils Riak CS, Multi-Tenant Cloud Storage Software for Public and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
CAMBRIDGE, MA, Mar 27, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Basho Technologies, the leader in distributed database technologies, today unveiled Riak CS, enterprise software providing simple, available, distributed cloud storage at any scale.

Google Drive cloud storage services tipped for April release
Android Community
The cloud storage service that is still for the most part unknown, that Google has big plans for in the coming months. We know it's coming soon, but that is about all we know. This cloud storage online file system has been long awaited from Google and ...

Android Community

Google Drive cloud storage tipped for April
SlashGear
This Spring we're likely to see what for so long has been a mythical creature waiting to pounce on the world of costly cloud storage: Google Drive. This system would and will be an online file storage system run by Google which will be revealed, ...

SlashGear

Mosaik Solutions Protects 14TB of Data Using TwinStrata Cloud Storage Gateway
MarketWatch (press release)
Mosaik Solutions replaces aging tape backup with TwinStrata CloudArray® and Amazon S3Cloud Storage to enable real-time, automatic backup and instant recovery for less than half the cost of alternative solutions. NATICK, Mass., March 27, ...

MSGI Telecom Solutions, Votela Deploy Siemens OpenScape Cloud Services
MarketWatch (press release)
As the sole combined carrier and North America distributor for Siemens OpenScape Cloud Services, Votela delivers managed service providers, channel partners and value-added resellers -- like MSGI -- with a proven, secure and scalable solution that is ...

Nirvanix Provides Cloud Storage to Web Hosts via its Data Centers
WebHosting.Info
Nirvanix, an enterprise cloud storage service provider, yesterday announced the availability of direct connections to its Cloud Storage Network in Equinix International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers. By offering this direct connection to its ...

KineticD Supports SMBs with Hybrid Cloud Storage on World Backup Day, Every Day
MarketWatch (press release)
TORONTO, March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- KineticD(TM), known for its cloudbackup and data recovery services for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), today announced its support of World Backup Day on March 31st, urging SMBs to observe the ...

Cloud Industry Veterans Join Evolve IP to Support Company Growth
MarketWatch (press release)
WAYNE, Pa., Mar 27, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Today Evolve IP announced that five industry veterans have joined the company to support its rapid growth in the areas of cloud computingservices and virtual call centers. Joe Corvaia, Rich Fox, Bill Maun, ...

Netflix uses lots of cloud services -- but don't call it 'NoOps'
Network World
To meet its internal business needs, Netflix uses several cloud services, including Google Enterprise Docs, Workday for human resources and payroll, and even offers every employee an individual account at cloud-storage provider Box.

New Yardi Data Centre in Hong Kong Expands Yardi Cloud Services in Asia Pacific
MarketWatch (press release)
Yardi has a network of data centres across North America, Canada, Europe and Asia Pacific that form the Yardi Cloud. The Yardi Cloud is designed to provide a secure, scalable and cost-effective software provisioning and data management solution.

Flux Releases Unprecedented Free File Transfer Workflow Service for Cloud ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Floify Delivers a New Twist in Automation and Secure File Transfer in the Cloud Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) March 27, 2012 Flux, a leading cross-platform workload automation and managed file transfer solution, today released a brand new service called Floify ...

Autodesk Introduces Engineering Software, Cloud Platform
BusinessWeek
By Aaron Ricadela on March 27, 2012 Autodesk Inc. (ADSK), a maker of architectural and engineering software, unveiled new design tools and a revamped cloud-computing platform called Autodesk 360 that lets customers use the programs over the Internet.

Cloud Computing Could Create 1.4 Million Banking Jobs by 2015
Banktech
A Microsoft-funded IDC study suggests that innovation enabled by cloud technology could boost jobs and revenues worldwide across several business verticals, including banking. By Olivia LaBarre Cloud computing is going to play a significant role in job ...

T-Systems Industry Experts Address the Business Case for Cloud Technology at ...
MarketWatch (press release)
- T-Systems is a pioneer of Cloud Computing. - Offering Cloud services since 2005. - 70 percent of new T-Systems customers opt for Cloud services. TROY, Mich., March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- T-Systems, a global provider of information and ...

RightScale Sees Multi-Cloud Use on the Rise
MarketWatch (press release)
SANTA BARBARA, CA, Mar 27, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- RightScale(R) Inc., the leader in cloud computing management, today announced that 87 percent of its customer cloudusage comes from customers using more than one cloud provider and cloud type.

Red Hat: What an open cloud really means
Computerworld
"Everyone's talking openness when it comes to cloud computing, because it's something users say they want," said Gordon Haff, cloud evangelist for Red Hat. "And providers are saying, 'Yeah, yeah, we're open.' But in fact, 'openness' has a narrow ...

Dell adds automated productivity features to cloud services portfolio
ZDNet (blog)
Dell has announced the addition of a pair of new eSignature and eDocument services for itsCloud Business Applications portfolio with the intention of extending its cloud CRM solutions for growing businesses. First, there's the Adobe EchoSign ...

'Cos in LatAm, AsiaPac aggressive adopters of cloud computing'
Zee News
New Delhi: Large companies in Latin America and Asia Pacific are the most aggressive adopters of cloud computing, while their European and US counterparts remain conservative about shifting applications to the new platform, a Tata Consultancy Services ...

Zee News

Cloud Computing: CiRBA Secures $15 Million to Fuel Growth
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Nicole covers news on technologies including Cloud Computing, Virtualization, AJAX, Rich Internet Applications, SOA, and WOA. You can forward your press releases via email at her home page patromanski.ulitzer.com. You must be signed in to add a comment ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

Agriculture Dept. Eyes Cloud For Geospatial Imagery
InformationWeek
Farm Service Agency wants cloud service to host aerial images of farm boundaries for agency programs. By Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek The Department of Agriculture has usedcloud services to move off of in-house systems for email and ...

Intelisys to Buy Cloud Services Coalition
Channel Partners
CHANNEL PARTNERS — Master agency Intelisys Communications Inc. announced Tuesday at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo that is has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Cloud Services Coalition (CSC), forming a new business unit Intelisys ...

Autodesk Connects Desktop to Mobile and Cloud with Design and Creation Suites 2013
MarketWatch (press release)
The 2013 design suites connect the desktop to Autodesk 360, a cloud computing platform that enables customers to dramatically improve the way they work by providing the ability to store, edit and share their designs and access virtually infinite ...

A surefire recipe for cloud failure
InfoWorld
Unfortunately, far too many in IT are blindly in love with technology, especially as they consider the new-to-them cloud. I see this problem every day, so please heed this friendly warning. Foundational planning for the use of cloud computing is an ...

Cloud Services Look to Self-Regulate Security - Dark Reading
Cloud Services Look to Self-Regulate Security. A registry offered by the Cloud Security Alliance allows customers to compare the security measures of participating service providers. Is that enough to make cloud more secure? Mar 26, 2012 ...
Dark Reading - All Stories

Google's Drive cloud storage offering might finally arrive next week ...
By Sean Ludwig
In early February, we heard that Google would soon launch a cloud storage service similar to Dropbox, Box, Microsoft's SkyDrive, and Amazon CloudDrive. Drive's offerings will most closely resemble Dropbox, which gives users access to ...
VentureBeat

NoSQL Company Basho Unveils New Cloud Storage Software ...
By Klint Finley
Today Basho, the sponsor company of the open source NoSQL database Riak, announced Riak CS, a new software platform for building multitenant cloud storage systems. Riak CS can be used to build public clouds, on-premise private clouds or to build the ... Amazon Web Services remains a major leader in cloud services, but has been slow to embrace any sort of on-premise strategy including hybrid cloud. Last week's partnership with Eucalyptus marked its first major foray into the ...
SiliconANGLE

Google Drive: Finally coming this April — Cloud Computing News
By Om Malik
I have watched Google and have been amazed by its inability to launch a cloud storage offering. When I wrote about it earlier this year, many readers weighed in with smart comments that are worth reading. Related research and analysis from ...
GigaOM

Cloud Fundamentals Video Series: Bring Your Own Device and the ...
By trusted-cloud
About this blog. The Trustworthy Computing blog provides perspectives on the security, privacy and reliability topics relevant to organizations, with a particular focus on cloud computing and the evolution of the IT environment. ... This challenge is compounded by the risks associated with these same devices connecting to ubiquitous social networks and the diverse ways organizations and people are choosing to connect and share data today – such as the utilization of cloud services.
Cloud Computing | Microsoft Trustwort...

The American Consumer Institute - » Cloud Computing — a Jobs ...
By Alan Daley
In a SAP sponsored study, Sand Hill found that 11 cloud computing companies created 80000 jobs during 2010, but another 472000 cloud computing jobs are expected within 5 years. Furthermore, venture capital ... A large portion of the storage and computing to support big data will come from cloud services because among businesses that embrace cloud services, 49% report that it causes a boosts in corporate agility and 46% report it saves costs. The tally of jobs...
The American Consumer Institute

Links to My Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Articles for ...
By Roger Jennings (--rj)
SearchCloudComputing.com Articles. SearchCloudComputing.com Articles Click the above image and scroll down to read my cloud computing, Windows Azure and big data articles on TechTarget's SearchCloudComputing.com blog.
OakLeaf Systems

Google Apps Lets Businesses Harness The Power Of Cloud ...
By Paul. Kelsall
As a global leader in cloud computing, Google has devised ingenious ways to allow businesses take advantage of cloud computing, no matter their size. Making a Google App migration allows small, medium, and enterprise businesses take ...
Beneficial Function

Ex-Apple boss unveiled as keynote speaker at Cloud Computing ...
By David Marshall
With less than three months until the doors open on Europe's leading cloud computing event, the Cloud Computing World Forum 2012 (www.cloudwf.com), organisers have announced that one of the technology industry's most renowned ...
VMblog.com - Virtualization Technolog...

Croatian Webiny launches cloud services for travel agencies
By Natasha Starkell
There are cloud-based website building tools out there, but many of them are fairly straight forward websites for businesses and online stores. In travel and hospitality industry companies need more tailored solutions. With Webiny, which ...
GoalEurope - Eastern Europe Outsourci...

Businesses Are Scared Of Cloud Computing | Business Computing ...
By Jeremy Neal
Cloud computing has been with us for many years (depending on your preferred definition of the term) and I believe we should be way ahead of actual take-up and engagement of cloud computing, given its well-documented benefits – namely; ...
Business Computing World

Microsoft and the Cloud: Five Essential Things To Know
By kfadmin
This white paper explores five things you need to know about Microsoft and cloud computing. Many of the world's leading companies are making significant investments in cloud computing, and cloud computing continues to evolve. Essentially ...
KnowFree.net - Knowledge Is Free

Could Cloud, Innovation Be CIO Career-Maker? | Blogs ...
By webadmin@itbusinessedge.com
In CA Technologies' report last fall, "The Future Role of the CIO," approximately 71 percent of respondents who had adopted cloud computing said it's helping to position them for future managment roles. In the poll of 685 CIOs, 39 percent of ...
Susan Hall

Dropbox: Rising Leaders In Cloud Storage — Performancing
From humble beginnings in an apartment in 2006 to dominating the free cloud storage market in 2012 Dropbox have built and expanded on a business model ...
performancing.com/dropbox-rising-leaders-in-cloud-storage-i...

Cloud Computing: Institutional Strategies | Inside Higher Ed
A new chapter brings some fresh air to senior higher education leaders, CIOs and their staff struggling with how to manage cloud computing now that the storm ...
www.insidehighered.com/.../cloud-computing-institutional-stra...

Cloud Computing Market Booms - CNBC
Daniel Ives, FBR Capital Markets, discusses the boom in cloud computing, and how you can ...
video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000080279

Australia "Ahead of the Game" with Cloud Computing | Cloud ...
"(But) the study clearly shows that Australian businesses have serious concerns about data residency - and that if they embrace cloud computing, they are likely ...
cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/2216965



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