A Way To Avoid Cloud Outages

One Way To Avoid Cloud Outages
InformationWeek
Every time there is an outage at one of the major cloud providers, it raises new concerns about thecloud and cloud storage. If you're planning to move some or all of your data to the cloud, how can you avoid losing access to that data when an outage occurs? 

Microsoft Office 2013: Cloud Storage, Tablet Compatibility
Business Insider
Microsoft recently unveiled details about the new version of its Office suite software, to include cloud computing, tablet compatibility, and monthly subscription service. Office 2013 is set to be released widely later this year. Microsoft completely overhauled the ...

ConVirt Enterprise Cloud Eases Creation of Virtual Data Centers
eWeek
Cloud Computing - eWeek ... ConVirt Enterprise Cloud from Convirture brings open-source virtualization together with hosted cloud services to transform enterprise infrastructure into private clouds and virtual data centers. The company's unified management ...

eWeek

Porting Applications to the Cloud: 10 Key Data Points IT Pros Need to Know
eWeek
Cloud Computing - eWeek ... Most IT-savvy line-of-business people already know that a cloud service can provide an alternative—and likely, very cost-effective—delivery channel to sell whatever the business needs to sell. It could be software, a new product line or a service. Porting your offering to a cloud environment enables you to extend all of the ... It needs to have provisions for elasticity and scalability and the ability to integrate with other cloud services. These are key in setting apart the true clouddatabase from ...

eWeek

Cloud Computing: Clustrix Claims New Cloud Economics for Big Data Apps
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Clustrix, the scale-out SQL database for Big Data apps, has new high-performance widgetry that's supposed to deliver new cloud economics while addressing the real-time needs of customers building applications at the intersection of Big Data, thecloud and ...

SYS-CON Media (press release)

Cloud Computing: Yahoo's Embarrassed Ex-CEO Finds a New Job
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Loss of Bookstores Doesn't Translate Into E-Book Growth: Simba Information · Infonetics Research: Ethernet, IP MPLS VPN Services to Top $81B by 2016, Fueled byCloud Services, Surging Data Traffic · Asian Hospital Management Awards 2012 Finalists ...

SYS-CON Media (press release)

How to choose an IaaS provider
InfoWorld
InfoWorld Home / Cloud Computing / How to choose an IaaS provider. July 23, 2012 ... Joyent, Rackspace, SoftLayer, and others have been around for years; all three also offer some form of hosting (dedicated infrastructure) and the shared infrastructure characteristic of public cloud services. With little fanfare, IBM has been selling public cloud IaaS services as well, although customer engagements always begin with an IBM rep rather than the self-service Web GUI Amazon popularized. That's the way engagements ...

Cloud computing expected to grow rapidly in health care
American Medical News
“We have an outlook and expectation of very high growth,” said Barry Mason, vice president for global health care payers at IBM. “There are a lot of drivers behind cloud computing itself, and there's a tremendous opportunity for all stakeholders in health care.

Does Cloud Matter?
SYS-CON Media (press release)
I write about cloud computing for a living, but wonder how effective that can be. Shall I create a 10-point list of what you need to know as you move to the cloud? Oh, there are already several out there? And they don't tell you anything you don't already know?

SYS-CON Media (press release)

Building a platform for files in the cloud
ZDNet
I bookmarked the article because of his arresting contention that, far from merely selling a feature that sooner or later will get absorbed into other offerings, cloud storage vendors like Box, Dropbox and others are competing to capture what will become "multi-billion-dollar software markets forcloud-based file systems." As file storage moves to the cloud — both .... About Phil Wainewright. Since 1998, Phil Wainewright has been a thought leader in cloud computing as a blogger, analyst and consultant. Follow @philww ...

Vyatta to Exhibit at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Vyatta is disrupting the networking industry by delivering a software-based network operating system that leverages cost-effective x86 servers as well as common virtualization and cloud computing platforms. Vyatta software provides a complete ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

MicroStrategy Bets On Visualization, BI For Facebook
InformationWeek
MicroStrategy announced a slew of improvements to its already-solid business intelligence and analytics earlier this month, and it's also innovating in the area of cloud computing and analysis of Facebook data. Probing social networks is certainly compelling to many, but as I'll explain, I have my.... With Cloud Express, data can be imported from flat files, spreadsheets, Salesforce.com, othercloud services, or SQL data sources. The vendor is clearly trying to ride the cloud wave with enterprise customers while also ...

Adaptive Computing Named “Silver Sponsor” of Cloud Expo Silicon Valley
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Adaptive Computing is the largest provider of High-Performance Computing (HPC) workload management software and manages the world's largest cloud computingenvironment with Moab, a self-optimizing dynamic cloud management solution and HPC ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

The Future Belongs to Cloud-Networked Companies
Wired News
Cloud computing changes everything, and the implications will be dramatic, but its most profound impact will not be on reducing total cost of ownership for the software systems we have today, but rather for enabling entirely new systems — powerful, ...

Wired News

Hybrid Cloud Solutions Offer Enhanced Cloud Protection & Data Security
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Despite widespread concerns about cloud data security and control, there's been a lot of recent news on the healthcare industry's steady, but cautious foray into cloud computing. In early July, research firm MarketsandMarkets issued a report stating that the ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

The IPO Buzz: An IPO Cloud Tops A Full Marquee
Seeking Alpha
The last time there were more was for the week of May 7, when 12 IPOs were on tap, but only five made it to market. There is some good news this week. Another cloud-computing company is getting top billing, according to IPO handicappers. Let's take a look.

Simplify Hybrid Cloud Deployments with Overlay Networking
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Enterprise adoption of public and private cloud computing models continues unabated, with IDC forecasting server revenue to grow to $57.4 billion in 20151, andcloud services spending to increase to $60 billion this year, a growth of 26 percent2. Additionally ...

SYS-CON Media (press release)

Get Ready for Earnings Reports from Cloud Computing or Software Stocks VMW ...
SmallCap Network
Earnings reports from tech stocks have been a bright spot this earnings season as they have not been as bad as feared – meaning it might be worth taking a closer look at cloud computing or software stocks VMware (NYSE: VMW), Jda Software Group ...

33 Cloud Service Providers Join Zerto Cloud Disaster Recovery Ecosystem
MarketWatch (press release)
Zerto provides a secure hypervisor replication capability that will allow Bluelock to provide a disaster recovery offering with the economics and agility of cloud computing that customers have been seeking." The Cloud DR offering that ZCE partners will deliver ...

Mobile Cloud Computing: The Next Logical Evolution
CloudTweaks News
Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) is the next logical evolution for cloud computing. Though mobile technology is still evolving, especially the operating systems, it is doing so in a very rapid pace. Most modern mobile devices are now sporting capable web ...

CloudTweaks News

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Launches Trust Center
MarketWatch (press release)
As data security and compliance are critical key considerations for organizations evaluating cloud services, the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Trust Center delivers to customers and potential customers high-level information about the privacy, transparency, ... Gartner Inc. in the research report "Look Before You Leap Into Cloud Computing," published May 25, 2012, predicts that "by year-end 2016, more than 50 percent of Global 1000 companies will have stored customer-sensitive data in the public cloud." And it ...

Pictometry(R) Connect(TM) Unveiled; Integrates Aerial Imagery and Customer ...
MarketWatch (press release)
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jul 23, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Each day, thousands of businesses and government organizations are moving their data to a cloud-computing environment, providing anytime, anywhere access to critical information. With today's launch ...

Imogo's Cloud Soars Above the Rest
Sacramento Bee
Imogo is an innovative provider of cloud computing solutions for organizations seeking to securely integrate mobile devices such as tablets and smart phones into their enterprise ecosystem, increasing productivity and lowering their IT costs. Contacts For ...

Virtualization, cloud computing now making an entry in the Philippines
The Online Zamboanga Times
“Each organization's IT and business requirements are different and there is no one-cloud-fits-all approach. Virtualization is the technical foundation for cloud computing, and customers are leveraging our industry-leading products like VMware vSphere® to ...

Compliance In The Cloud Era
InformationWeek
That's because fundamental changes in the way companies consume IT services--led by publiccloud computing and expanded outsourcing relationship --mean we're on the hook for the security and compliance of more external entities in the information ...

Infonetics Research: Ethernet, IP MPLS VPN Services to Top $81B by 2016 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"The move from legacy frame relay, ATM, and leased line services onto Ethernet and IP services is quickening as businesses put a razor-sharp focus on staying competitive in today's highly interconnected, mobile, video- and cloud-oriented world," notes Michael Howard, co-founder and principal analyst of Infonetics Research. "By 2015 ... Global Ethernet and MPLS IP VPN service revenue grew a combined 13% in 2011 to just over $50 billion, fueled by surging data traffic, cloud services, and cost-cutting initiatives ...

Are you ready for EMaaS?
Computerworld Australia
Some organizations are beginning to implement limited cloud-based services (for example, by providing mobile device management and private app stores), but a major change is coming. I expect to see a significant shift to enterprise mobility as a service (EMaaS), which moves most or all of the services normally ... and principal analyst at J.Gold Associates, an information technology analyst firm based in Northborough, Mass. Read more about cloud computing in Computerworld's Cloud Computing Topic Center.

Indian Cloud Computing Industry Examined by Infiniti Research in New In ...
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
New report "Cloud Computing Market in India 2011-2015" provided by Infiniti Research has been recently published by Market Publishers Ltd. The report finds that the cloud computing market in India is expected to grow at a CAGR of 54.5 percent through 2015. ... 4.2 Cloud Computing Market in India by Segment Private Cloud Public Cloud 4.3 Server Revenue from Cloud Computing Server Revenue from Public Cloud Services Server Revenue from Private Cloud Services 4.4 RecentCloud Computing Deployment ...

Cloud Computing and Developing Countries | Ospero Ltd
By Val
Cloud Computing and Developing Countries. In the following article you will find how the adoption ofCloud services and solutions grew fast in developing Countries in just 4 years. By Krishnan Subramanian. In the first part of this series, ...
Ospero Ltd

Netapp: Storage infrastructure for cloud computing ...
By MrMukMuk
Cloud computing is rapidly becoming a reality, and forward-thinking IT organisations are moving quickly to evolve existing IT infrastructures to include cloud capabilities that provide IT as a Service (ITaaS). Shared cloud infrastructure has created new requirements for secure multi-tenancy, service automation, data mobility, ... Cloud storage infrastructure requirements - NetApp storage technology enables cloud computing - Partners for success. © 2011 AMEINFO (www.ameinfo.com) ...
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HP Blogs - “I don't care about Cloud Computing”, don't you? - The ...
By christianverstraete
Earlier in the week, I saw a couple tweets passing with comments such as “they dare to post this blog”. I got intrigued and clicked on the link. It brought me to an SAP on the Cloud blog guest post by Chris Heffer, titled “Why I don't care about ...
Cloud Source Blog articles

Distributed and Cloud Computing: Instructor materials now available
By [MK] Todd
About the Book: From the leading minds in the field, Distributed and Cloud Computing is the first modern, up-to-date distributed systems textbook. Starting with an overview of modern distributed models, the book exposes the design principles, ...
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers

5 Principles for Cloud Computing Success
By Distributed ERP
Principles for cloud computing success include starting with the basics and adding tailored solutions, building security and central control.
Avanade Distribution ERP Delivered

3 Steps to Optimise Data Centers for Cloud Computing - NetHawk.tv
By NetHawk
Soeren Brogaard Jensen, VP of Solution Software for Schneider Electric's IT Business, talks about the 3 major steps data center managers and IT managers can use to approach their DCIM software opportunities. Related Videos: Five Steps to ...
NetHawk.tv

Web Host HostGee Launches Cloud Servers in Saudi Arabia | Web ...
By Justin Lee
The middle eastern cloud computing market is gradually growing, with a 2011 survey showing that 48 percent of middle eastern IT decision markers are investing more money in cloud-based services — an increase of 10 percent over the previous year. According to the press release, the new cloudservers is an affordable ... brand, Tasveeq, in Saudi Arabia. Talk back: Are you currently offeringcloud services in the middle eastern market? Why or why not? Let us know in the comments.
theWHIR.com - Daily Web Hosting News

The Next Level of IT Is in the Cloud | Views from the Cloud
By Doug Mow
In a new InfoWorld article, “Cloud computing is not IT's enemy,” Bob Lewis – who knows his stuff when it comes to IT innovation – writes that, for the IT department to stay relevant in the era of cloud computing, it needs to reach the next level.
Views from the Cloud

B2B meets Cloud Based Integration (CBI) | The Future of Enterprise ...
By Molly Keyes
Your future Cloud/Legacy Integration should cover your business partner and your SaaS applications.Cloud computing is disrupting the integration space! Why? Traditionally, you had two very distinguished integration scenarios. Either, it was ...
The Future of Enterprise Computing

House hearing on #Cloud Computing Wednesday « ISOC-NY ...
By joly
House hearing on #Cloud Computing Wednesday. US House On Wednesday 7/25/2012 at 12:30 p.m.The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet will ...
ISOC-NY NOTICE BOARD

How to Make Cloud Work for Digital Advertising Part 1 « Gathering ...
By JG
Cloud computing is more and more the go-to solution for a broad range of companies whose businesses rely on the inherent advantages the cloud provides to be successful. Today I would like to spot-light one type of company to explore ...
Gathering Clouds

Advertorial CompTIA Cloud Essentials Professional | Events ...
By Angelika
CompTIA Cloud Computing Certification This 2-day Cloud Computing training will qualify you for the vendor-neutral international CompTIA Cloud Essentials | Advertorial CompTIA Cloud Essentials Professional | new ideas & solutions for ...
Software Developer's Journal

HP Blogs - Standards and the cloud lifecycle - The HP Blog Hub
By Charlie Bess
Organizations like the Open Group and Open Cloud Consortium are defining standardize for some areas of cloud computing (mostly on the lowest layers of cloud). OpenStack and CloudStack, are currently examples of de facto standards.
The Next Big Thing articles

Tech heavyweights tout cloud computing potential at forum - The ...
High-tech heavyweights touted cloud computing at a forum yesterday, saying the technology has the potential to grow and change people's lives.
www.chinapost.com.tw/business/.../Tech-heavyweights.htm

Microsoft Office 2013: Cloud Storage, Tablet Compatibility
... its Office suite software, to include cloud computing, tablet compatibility, and monthly. ...SkyDrive, Office 2013's cloud storage service could make storing and ...
smallbiztrends.com/.../microsoft-office-2013-cloud-storage-ta...

Why Service Level Agreements Count for Cloud Computing
Cloud computing delivers hosted services on the internet. Cloud services has many advantages and the IT services are replacing cloud services. It has become ...
blogs.gartner.com/.../why-service-level-agreements-count-for-...

TechTalk... WHAT IS CLOUD COMPUTING?
YOU MAY have heard of the term, 'cloud computing' or 'The Cloud,' but, can you ... Cloud computing is simply a set of pooled computing resources and services ...
www.guyanachronicleonline.com/.../index.php?...

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