Saturday, March 10, 2012

INSA Study on Cloud Computing and the Intelligence Community is embargoed until March 13, 2012

INSA Study on Cloud Computing in the Intelligence Community ...
"Over the last year I've had the pleasure of serving with a team of volunteers from the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) as we dove deep into topics associated with Cloud Computing and the Intelligence Community. ...The paper is embargoed till 13 March 2012. When it is released we will review more of it here. Till I can post it I’ll just give you a teaser, the study considers 13 November 2006 a key date in shaping the IC’s use of technology. Where were you on that day? Why might this date hold such significance to our national security? We will be holding a panel to discuss the release of the paper. . .  at the National Press Club, over breakfast on the 13th. . . 'The advent of cloud computing has changed the way government does business. It allows agency managers to harness the power of technology, while reducing operational and sustainment costs. Increasing efficiency has become a vital part of the mission in the defense and intelligence communities, and cloud is alleviating some of the pressure of budget reductions and cut-backs.' "

H.P. Attempts to Take On Amazon's Cloud Service - NYTimes.com: "H.P. Attempts to Take On Amazon’s Cloud Service - Within two months, Hewlett-Packard will offer a large and powerful cloud computing service similar to Amazon Web Services, but with more business-oriented features, according the head of the project. “We’re not just building a cloud for infrastructure,” said Zorawar “Biri” Singh, senior vice president and general manager of H.P.’s cloud services. “Amazon has the lead there. We have to build a platform layer, with a lot of third-party services.” Among the first software applications available as part of the Hewlett-Packard cloud, he said, will be both structured and unstructured databases, and data analytics as a service. . . ."

UK Cloud Computing Company iomart Hosting Recruits Scotland Footballers to ...
Sacramento Bee
By iomart Hosting UK cloud computing and managed hosting services provider iomart Hosting has recruited two Scotland footballers to launch its latest community campaign. 'Host Your Kit' is an initiative by the Scottish Digital IT Company of the Year to ...

Cloud Services Reach High On Europe's Radar To Boost Economy
paidContent.org
She may not be convinced of the name, but “cloud” computing has risen close to top of European Commission vice-president Neelie Kroes' 2012 agenda as a way to boost the bloc's struggling economies. In January, Kroes, who is also Europe's information ...

Cloud Computing to Create Over 2 Million Jobs in India by 2015
CIO India
A research study conducted by IDC and commissioned by Microsoft, predicts that cloud computingwill generate over 2 million jobs in India by 2015. The findings reveal that cloud will generate nearly 14 million new jobs worldwide in the same time.

Ultrabooks and Cloud Services on Focus at CeBIT
Notebook Review
Cloud computing will be one of the most important subjects at CeBIT, it is not difficult to foresee this, and it is expected that many global economies will display their cloud services, especially when it comes to the mobile technologies and ...

Cloud computing could help lift public health
CMIO
“In light of the absence of new resources to fund public health IT and the economies of scale created by cloud computing, practitioners should choose to move collectively to a new model of shared infrastructure that can keep pace with the evolution of ...

IPO VIEW - Demandware to test cloud appetite
Reuters
By Olivia Oran | March 9 (Reuters) - Demandware Inc, the fifth cloud computing-based software company to join the IPO wave since December, is expected to see strong pricing and trading during its offering next week. The Burlington, Massachusetts, firm, ...

Panzura offers on-ramp for Google Cloud Storage platform
CTR
Panzura, a provider of global cloud storage offerings, announced that its latest offering allows users to build an enterprise solution on Google Cloud Storage. The company delivers an enterprise-ready on-ramp to Google Cloud Storage that has the ...

Already awash in cloud cash, Virtustream raises $15M more
GigaOm
9, 2012, 7:41am PT No Comments Cloud computing provider Virtustream — a hot player in the enterprise cloud space — has raised another $15 million in investment capital. The money came from existing investors Intel Capital, Columbia Capital, ...

GigaOm

Dropbox more than a convenience: cloud storage service a sign of the times
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
If you're like me, you now have information in the cloud, and also on your various mobile devices and your computer. In fact, it's almost impossible now not to have some of your information in the cloud, whether it's e-mail messages and contacts at ...

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

IT Jobs: 6 Essential Skills For The Cloud Era
InformationWeek
Want to stay relevant in the cloud era's rapidly changing IT job market? Take this expert advice. By Cindy Waxer A recent Microsoft study predicts that nearly 14 million new jobs will be created worldwide by 2015 as a result of growing cloud computing ...

Those 14 million new cloud-driven jobs won't be in IT
InfoWorld (blog)
By David Linthicum | InfoWorld IDC, in a study sponsored by Microsoft, predicts that cloud computing will generate nearly 14 million jobs globally by 2015. This prediction assumes that companies moving to the cloud will generate more revenue and cost ...

Google Cloud Storage rates slashed by up to 15%
SearchServerVirtualization.com
Although the timing of the two price cuts is coincidental, it reflects a trend that continues to burgeon in the cloud space -- the constant quest to drive down costs and pass at least part of those savings along to the customer.

Bitdefender adds cloud storage for PCs and Android
Inquirer
By Dave Neal SECURITY FIRM Bitdefender is hoping to bring a bit of confidence to digital locker users by offering them a cloud-based storage system. The service is called Safebox, and the firm said that it will let users save, protect and share their ...

Cloud Computing to Create Nearly Four Million Jobs a Year
Technorati
Analyst firm IDC has just published a study which shows that as cloud adoption across businesses increases increased IT spending is creating more jobs to the tune of almost four million a year. Cloud-based technologies are a critical step forward for ...

Technorati

Open-Source AWS: Creating a Thousand Clouds
New York Times (blog)
By QUENTIN HARDY | March 9, 2012, 11:07 am Mark Crosse/Fresno Bee, via AP Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing service of Amazon.com, has sparked a boom in powerful and flexible computing over the Internet. Now the same technology is entering the ...

HP Attempts to Take On Amazon's Cloud Service
New York Times (blog)
By QUENTIN HARDY | March 9, 2012, 9:30 am Within two months, Hewlett-Packard will offer a large and powerful cloud computing service similar to Amazon Web Services, but with more business-oriented features, according the head of the project.

Watson clones could be delivered through the cloud
InfoWorld
By Brandon Butler | Network World "IBM will work with clients on deployment preferences but intends to deploy #IBMWatson on both private and hybrid cloud," the IBMWatson account tweeted during the chat. The Twitter account is managed by two IBM workers ...

Burger Wars? Microsoft Azure Slings New Cloud Price Cuts
Wired News
Burger wars meets cloud? The Wendy's "Where's the Beef?" ad was one memorable moment in the burger wars of the 1980s. Fresh on the heels of Amazon Web Services and Google announcing a new round of cloud price cuts, Microsoft on Friday cut its prices on ...

Wired News

Bitdefender launches Safebox one-click Cloud storage for PCs and Android
HEXUS
Bitdefender Safebox, which gives users 2 Gigabytes of free cloud-based storage capacity and premium users as much as 60 Gigabytes, is the easiest and fastest way to share, sync and save files in the cloud. Safebox allows seamless synchronising across ...

Cloud Computing Easily Understood - IaaS
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Infrastructure as a Service is one of the three delivery methods of cloud computing (the other two are Platform as a Service and Software as a Service). Users of IaaS have the expertise to maintain operating systems and applications, but don't wish to ...

Green IT and Cloud Computing Summit 2012 Announces US Department of State ...
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Gerald Caron from the US Department of State has been confirmed as a speaker for the 2012 Green IT and Cloud Summit on April 18th. As Branch Chief for EMS, he is responsible for implementation and management of Federal Desktop Core configuration (FDCC) ...

The Distinction Between Software As A Service And Cloud Computing
CloudTweaks News
Software as a service and cloud computing are two terms which are quite becoming popular in the world of computing. These two concepts have a positive outcome in the industry by making use of the internet to beat the conventional computing strategies.

CloudTweaks News

IBM Aims to Be the King of Cloud Computing
DailyFinance
By Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool Posted 8:05PM 03/08/12 Investing Everyone wants to rule thecloud computing roost. Even Apple, which yesterday announced iCloud enhancements for pushing movies to the new Apple TV, wants in. But IBM (NYS: IBM) is hoping ...

Zadara Storage gives your public cloud storage a little privacy
VentureBeat
Zadara Storage wants to bring the security, control, and performance of the privatecloud to public cloud storage. The move is a good one, as a growing number of companies are realizing public cloud storage is not a one-size-fits-all solution.

VentureBeat

Bitdefender offers free cloud computing storage service
V3.co.uk
by Daniel Robinson Security firm Bitdefender is the latest provider to get into the cloud computing storage market with a service that lets PC and Android users store files remotely and sync them between devices. Available now, Bitdefender Safebox ...

V3.co.uk

Cloud Computing: PCs to Grow 4.4% This Year: Gartner
SYS-CON Media (press release)
It expects PCs to face more competition from tablets including ones bearing Windows 8 and from a shift to the personal cloud. It said, "The evolution of the personal cloudwill challenge vendors across all mobile devices markets and add to the hurdles ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

Cloud Computing: Amazon Web Services Cuts Prices
SYS-CON Media (press release)
And wouldn't you know it Google this week followed suit, cutting prices on its developer-directed Cloud Storage 8%-15% effective March 1. The amount of the cut depends on how much data an account has stored, the more the greater the discount.
SYS-CON Media (press release)

As Enterprise Adoption Skyrockets, IBM Paves the Way to SmartClouds
Datamation
Businesses are overwhelmingly adopting the cloud model, according to an IBM study. Yet it's not without its stumbling blocks. Within the next three years, 90 percent of businesses plan to use or deploy clouds. That figure reflects an 18 percent rise ...

Microsoft Lowers Azure Cloud Storage Prices After Google, AWS Price Cuts
Web Host Industry Review
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Microsoft is the latest cloud provider to lower its storage costs this week, joining Google and Amazon in a race to the bottom. In a blog post on Thursday, general manager, Windows Azure business strategy and planning, ...

Essential Terminology for Cloud Computing
By James Tanner
The topic of cloud computing is one of those areas. This post is about the language used in cloud computing and an explanation of the concepts. If you have further questions, please submit those questions in the comments. The questions will ...
TechTips

Learn More About Cloud Computing : TaxoDiary
By melody
Been craving a trip to the Big Apple? Here is a good reason to justify it to your accountant, boss, or spouse. The 10th International Cloud Expo is scheduled for June 11-14, 2012, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York. This will be the ...
TaxoDiary

Riverbed: Accelerating Cloud Services | Systems Analysis
By HHZander
Riverbed: Accelerating Cloud Services. Cloud computing has become an important new tool for IT managers in controlling the cost and complexity of business-critical applications and data. Cloud computing is compelling to enterprises ...
Systems Analysis

Cloud Computing Easily Understood - IaaS | Cloud Computing Journal
Infrastructure as a Service is one of the three delivery methods of cloud computing (the other two are Platform as a Service and Software as a Service). Users of IaaS have the expertise to maintain operating systems and applications, but don't ...
Latest News from Cloud Computing Journal

Leading Calgary IT Consulting Firm Poised To Share Business Cloud
Press Release: When it comes to understanding cloud computing and the important role having the right advice plays in the decision to adopt cloud computing strategies, Calgary businesses can put their complete trust in CTECH and the other ... CTECH and the Cloud Summit Alliance (Assistus Corporation and Aqurus) are committed to helping Calgary corporations understand how to leveragecloud services such as hosted exchange, Microsoft Office365, Microsoft CRM services and ...
SBWire - Latest Press Releases

How 9-to-5 Workers Can Win with the Cloud: Friday FAQs ...
By Jeff Norman
Some cloud services oblige you to accept agreements that let them tap into your data unannounced. Beyond your personal affairs, irresponsible use of cloud computing may sometimes lead to susceptibility to security breaches and file ...
CloudTweaks.com - Cloud Computing...

Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 3/8/2012
By Roger Jennings (--rj)
Today SQL Server 2012 is released to web and now we have a new set of bits that provide great enterprise class data management capabilities that stretches the boundaries of SQL Server to the public and private cloud. With SQL Server 2012 ...
OakLeaf Systems

New problem for Amazon: Sony defects to OpenStack — Cloud ...
By Barb Darrow
Sony's gaming arm is moving at least some of its online workloads from Amazon Web Services to the rival OpenStack cloud-computing stack implemented by Rackspace, according to a report. Such moves show a growing threat to AWS from OpenStack-based ... And any defection by Sony is bad news for industry leader Amazon, which continues to release new features and cut prices on its wide array of cloud services. Jim Curry, GM of Rackspace's Cloud Builders team, confirmed that ...
GigaOM

ActiveEon » ActiveEon at Cloud Computing World expo on 28th ...
By Nino Zurabashvili
Cloud Computing World Expo will host some 6000 visitors and 180 exhibitors specialized in Data Centers Optimization, Cloud computing and Virtualization. On this occasion, Denis Caromel, CEO and founder of ActiveEon andĀ professor at ...
ActiveEon

beSpacific: SLA Presentation on Cloud Computing
By Sabrina I. Pacifici -
SLA Presentation on Cloud Computing. A New Way to Compute or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cloud - Robert Bohn, NIST, March 7, 2012 - DC/SLA Washington, DC Chapter. "NISTCloud Computing Program Goal ...
beSpacific

Friday Cloud News Roundup | GMO Cloud America
By miccilopez
Cloud Computing News Highlights: Cloud Council of 7, Feds Guide Cloud Implementation, CloudSecurity Alliance Innovation Program, Cloud emergence leads to software obsolescence, Cloud Fair 2012, Cloud Security Summit 2012.
GMO Cloud America

TwinStrata Adds Google Cloud Storage Gateway to BDR Solution ...
By Nicholas Mukhar
TwinStrata, a cloud storage and BDR provider, has added a Google Cloud Storage gateway to the TwinStrata CloudArray. ... Managed Services & Cloud Services Blog for VARs & MSPs. Subscribe: NewsletterRSSTwitterFacebookLinkedIn ...
MSPmentor

Fortress™ Saas/Security Foundation for Cloud Computing | Open ...
By smckinn
In a not-to-distant future made possible by Cloud computing, identity management will not be a support application tacked on to the business process. It will be a core driver that allows businesses to maximize productivity through integrated ...
Open Source Identity and Access...

OblakSoft Cloud Storage Newsletter, March 2012 | OblakSoft
OblakSoft Newsletter. OblakSoft Cloud Storage Newsletter, March 2012. By web master ⋅ March 9, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment. Filed Under cloud, ClouSE, MySQL, ...
www.oblaksoft.com/oblaksoft-cloud-storage-newsletter-march...

Google Cloud Storage Review – Cloud Middlemen Flock to New ...
Recently, a number of cloud gateway startups ranging from StorSimple, TwinStrata and Panzura pledged their allegiance to Google's cloud storage offering to try ...
siliconangle.com/.../google-cloud-storage-review-cloud-middl...



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