Friday, June 22, 2012

Cloud Computing not scary anymore

Cloud Computing Simply Isn't That Scary Anymore: Survey
Forbes
Cloud computing just isn't as scary as it once was to companies and their CIOs. ...and storage racks if pay-per-usage cloud services can accomplish the same ...

Forbes

Using cloud services? 40% of you aren't ready for the next outage
VentureBeat
Newvem, a startup focused on scanning and analyzing companies' cloud services to optimize their use of Amazon cloud technology, recently did a study of its ...

VentureBeat

The future of cloud computing: 9 trends for 2012
ZDNet (blog)
The view of cloud computing remains mixed as the technology brings benefits and risks in equal measures. Here's what 39 major tech firms said ab.

2012 Future of Cloud Computing Survey Exposes Hottest Trends in ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Respondents were asked about a wide range of key issues impacting cloud computing, including drivers for cloud computing, inhibitors, best practices, sourcing, ...

Samsung Mulls Enterprise Cloud Services for Mobile Devices
PCWorld
Samsung is looking into the idea of hosting its own cloud services to extend the appeal of its Android-based consumer smartphones and tablets to enterprises, ...

How to check if your cloud storage service is down
CNET (blog)
When your cloud storage service goes down, do you know how to check its status? We'll show you how to check the status of the most popular cloud storage ...

Document Collaboration, Sharing and Cloud Storage With Docuter
MarketWatch (press release)
"We are now providing users with the ability to utilize 25GB of free storage in the Cloud for document viewing, sharing and collaboration," said Russ Puskaric, ...

Enterprise Cloud Computing More Accepted, Says Research
Midsize Insider
Recent research shows that enterprises are less resistant to cloud computing. ... enterprises who have hesitated to make the move to cloud services could be ...

Digital media experts tout AWS as best cloud starting point
ZDNet (blog)
SAN FRANCISCO – At GigaOm Structure 2011, the big theme was just getting businesses to consider adopting cloud computing. This year, it's clear that the ...

How collective intelligence is reshaping systems management
GigaOM
What that means is that companies providing cloud computing and cloud servicescan tap into the experiences of all their customers to give everyone a sense of ...

GigaOM

Understanding the Cloud's Effect on Facilities Teams
Data Center Knowledge
This means taking cloud computing into serious consideration. ... The important takeaway is understanding that cloud computing is seen as a vital tool for data ...

Data Center Knowledge

How cloud computing is driving success for Europe's small businesses
The Guardian (blog)
At a basic level, cloud computing is simply a way to manage data and use ... A recent survey by IDC found that almost every SME that uses cloud services saves ...

The Guardian (blog)

Cloud Reigns With Confidence, Brings New Opportunities to SMBs
Wired News
A dedicated cloud computing company can invest far more resources in data backup and security than most midsize companies can. For instance, cloud service ...

Risks associated with cloud computing addressed by advisory group
Business Insurance
The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission has released a new thought paper providing guidance on applying the advisory ...

Cloud News: Amazon, Caringo, Red Hat
Data Center Knowledge
Our complete cloud storage software solution enables any enterprise to ... with capabilities and features in cloud computing, mobile software and big data – all of ...

Standardized Cloud APIs Aren't Possible
NetworkComputing.com
Learn why that works for some technologies, but why it wouldn't for cloud APIs, ... Backup & Recovery · Cloud Computing · Cloud Storage · Data Center · Data ... of all the latest innovations-including cloud computing, virtualization, security ...

Cloud Standards Customer Council Announces Case Study ...
MarketWatch (press release)
For more information and to submit a case study visit http://www.cloud-council.org/contest-pr . The goal of the Cloud Computing Case Study Competition is to ...

Aryaka Shines as a GigaOM Structure 50 Company Redefining the ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Gain 8X faster access to global cloud services such as Amazon Web ... firm and a GigaOm Structure 50 company that will shape the future of cloud computing.

Rackspace, Amazon Face Off Over Cloud Services
CRN
Cloud services provider Rackspace criticized Amazon as Rackspace President Lew Moorman at a San Francisco conference accused Amazon of locking ...

Bitcasa Cloud Service Launches Public Beta
CIO
... cloud services startup, launched a public beta of its unlimited cloud storage ... Business-Ready Datacenters · F5 Realizing the Benefits of Cloud Computing ...

Cloud Computing Transforming IT
SYS-CON Media (press release)
One thing people can agree on is that the cloud is the most transformative ... Poelker recognizes some of the challenges cloud computing faces, but says they ...

SYS-CON Media (press release)

Alfresco Leapfrogs Cloud File Sharing With True Cloud Content ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Alfresco in the cloud goes GA; over 15000 companies signed-up in the last 90 days. ... and collaboration," explained David Gildeh, Director of Cloud Services at ...

Game Firm Zynga Fuels Private, Public Cloud Debate
Investor's Business Daily
... moved from a public cloud computing environment to a private cloud operation. ... and publiccloud services from AWS, Rackspace Hosting (RAX) and others, ...

D-Link's Latest Cloud Routers Offer Powerful Wi-Fi, Remote Control ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Both routers include mydlink(TM) Cloud Services for easy management and configuration from anywhere via free smart phone apps. Additionally, these routers ...

Healthcare IT Connect: Cloud computing finds home with state HIEs
CMIO
Two state officials shared their decision-making process to take to the cloud for health... shared the circumstances and needs that cloud computing ultimately met. ...proposal never mentioned any specific language regarding cloud services.

CMIO

US cloud storage player Box comes to the UK
TechRadar UK
US cloud storage player Box comes to the UK - Cloud storage and collaboration solution Box launches in the UK Buying advice from the leading technology site.

TechRadar UK

No More Cloud Delusions! | CloudTweaks.com - Cloud Computing ...
By Jeff Norman
The energy that powers the data centers that themselves power the very notion of cloud computingderives from the same resources that fuel any other electrical output. Obviously, energy in America remains highly contentious. And although ...
CloudTweaks.com - Cloud Computing...

2012 Future of Cloud Computing Survey Exposes Hottest Trends in ...
By razavi
North Bridge Venture Partners today announced the results of its second annual Future of Cloud Computing Survey. Supported by 39 industry collaborators spanning established leaders, emerging, fast-growth companies, and startups – the ...
BizCloud® Network

Doug Clark, IBM UKI Cloud Computing Leader, in conversation with ...
By Sam Garforth
Part 1 of 3: Doug introduces himself and discusses IBM's commitment to cloud. Sam: Hello Doug, can you start by telling us your official job title and a little about your role? Doug: I'm the UK and Ireland (UKI) Cloud Computing Leader for IBM.
Thoughts on Cloud Blog

Vectorworks Cloud Services now offers 5X greater storage capacity
By Lisa Lance
Vectorworks Cloud Services now offers 5 GB of storage capacity. This increase, up from 1 GB, will allow Vectorworks software users the convenience of accessing five times more files and projects from any web-enabled device. “As more and ...
Planet Vectorworks

SMBs have many reasons to adopt cloud computing « CopperEgg
By CopperEgg
Although cloud computing is only in its adolescent stage, the technology has garnered a large amount of attention and is widely recognized as being one of the most disruptive forces to hit IT in some time. By leveraging the cloud, small and ...
CopperEgg

And they're off! The cloud storage war beings among CAD vendors ...
By Ralph Grabowski
Autodesk offers 1GB cloud storage for everyone, and 3GB for those who pay an annual subscription fee. It upped to limits to 3GB for anyone, and 25GB for subscribers (thanks to Mark Dooley for the correction). Vectorworks offers 1GB, but...
WorldCAD Access

Cloud Computing Essentials: Be in the Know | Views from the Cloud
By quarlesvelocity1
By Ward Quarles, Director of Strategic Alliances, Velocity Technology Solutions. Thank you to everyone that joined us for our webinar last week, Cloud Computing Essentials. Since Oracle's launch of its online offerings, Oracle Public Cloud ...
Views from the Cloud

cCommerce - Cloud Computing Best Practices
By Neil McEvoy
This means that Cloud Providers, the managed security services suppliers, who operate their Cloudsusing the VMware platform can easily build upon it to offer these increasingly more personalized and critically compliant Cloud services.
Cloud Computing Best Practices

What Cool Things Can I Do with All This Free Cloud Storage Space ...
By Dan
original What Cool Things Can I Do with All This Free Cloud Storage Space? With all the cloud services handing out free space like it's candy, it's easy to end up with a lot of unused space just waiting to be filled. Unfortunately, there's no way to ...
Dan Likes This!

Search For Your Files Across Multiple Cloud Services with Found ...
By Jonathan Garro
As more of our documents get moved off our local drives and into the cloud, it can be difficult to stay on top of them all. I keep stuff scattered around in my Gmail account, Dropbox folder, and laptop, among many other places, and can have a ...
Mac.AppStorm

Microsoft's Nadella: We will democratize big data — Cloud - GigaOM
By Barb Darrow
Microsoft plans to bring big data to the little guy, said Satya Nadella, the executive directing the company's gigantic Windows Azure cloud effort. It's backend work with Hadoop is a big piece, but the linkage to Excel will bring big data to the ...
GigaOM

NASA Forsakes OpenStack for Amazon | Cloud Computing Journal
This cloud-based model supports a wide variety of web applications and sites using ... a broad range of cloud services, including those based on OpenStack, delivered by a .... Cloud computing has crossed a Rubicon of sorts, and is now being ...
cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/2298234

Cloud computing hardware and software requirements
I am new to cloud computing, I want to know the following. 1. How the cloud computing is configured? 2. what are the software and hardware requirements for ...
social.technet.microsoft.com/.../49f70a70-778e-43a8-9713-65...

Panzura Uses Award-Winning Global Cloud Storage System with ...
NEW YORK, NY – (June 11, 2012) – From the 10th International CloudExpo, Panzura, a leading provider of global cloud storage solutions, today announced ...
www.panzura.com/.../panzura-uses-award-winning-global-clo...



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