ZDNet (blog)
Colt Technology Services has bought ThinkGrid, an enterprise cloud startup that has created a platform aimed at helping small and medium businesses (SMBs) become cloud providers in their own right. colt deal thinkgrid cloud provider smb. The purchase ...
Cloud Computing: Spending Expected To Double Over Next Four Years
Formtek Blog (blog)
One notable exception to expected slow pace of IT spending over the next few years is Cloud Computing. In 2011 Cloud Services came in at $91 billion and that's expected to grow to $109 billion in 2012. Cloud services are now expected to reach $207 ...
Cloud Computing Plays Big Role in Small, Mid-Sized Businesses
CIO Insight
Cloud-based file-sharing, email and productivity applications are being widely embraced by small- and midsized businesses with or without the approval of IT, according to a survey conducted by IT social network Spiceworks on behalf of cloud solutions ...
Cloud brings foreign IT spending to US
Computerworld
Now, thanks to cloud computing, foreign companies are starting to bring their business to providers of data center services located in this country. Consider Grupo Posadas, a large hotel company in Mexico that today relies on five data centers to ...
The world may be cloud-crazy, but Outlook for Mac is stuck on Earth
CNET
Aside from email, the program is largely isolated from cloud services offered by Apple, Google and even Microsoft itself. Not good. Danny Sullivan. by Danny Sullivan. August 13, 2012 11:21 AM PDT Follow @dannysullivan. Store your data in the cloud and ...
Report: RIM looking to sell off NewBay cloud services platform
Fiercemobilecontent
Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) is seeking to divest NewBay Networks less than a year after acquiring the cloud services firm for a reported $100 million. Sources familiar with the matter tell Reuters that NewBay is one of several assets RIM is ...
Consumer friendliness forces trade-offs in cloud security
CSO
The question of the impact of making cloud services consumer friendly arose this week, following the discovery of Apple and Amazon security flaws that enabled hackers to gain access to tech journalist Mat Honan's iCloud account. Once in, the mayhem ...
Red Hat OpenStack Distribution Released in Preview
eWeek
“Cisco believes strongly that deploying cloud platforms needs to be made easier, open and accessible,” said Lew Tucker, CTO for cloud computing at Cisco, in a statement. “Just as Cisco collaborates with many partners within the OpenStack community, we ...
Marketing is dead, long live marketing
GigaOM
In the era of cloud computing and big data, chief marketing officers can either sink or swim depending on their ability to recognize the importance of the consumer information available to them and ability to capture and put it to use. marketing ...
GigaOM
Justice Department CTO: Brokerages are Future of Government Cloud
Forbes
Ultimately, government agencies and departments will turn to cloud brokerage services — both within and from outside the government — to vet, aggregate and deliver bundles of cloud services to where they are needed. This approach is advocated by Ajay ...
Forbes
If it rains, is your data safe in the cloud?
BetaNews
This is a followup to my recent column about Steve Wozniak's warning on the perils ofcloud computing, especially cloud storage. It might surprise many users to know there are firms that sell cloud storage and do not back it up. They rely on the disk ...
BetaNews
Multi-deal Monday: 5GB of free cloud storage, a Harmony remote for $29.99, and ...
CNET
Multi-deal Monday: 5GB of free cloud storage, a Harmony remote for $29.99, and more! That's the Harmony 650 with the color screen, by the way. Also on tap: killer deals on a 3D-ready projector and a Wi-Fi-enabled external drive. Rick Broida. by Rick ...
ESI Rises into SMB Cloud Services
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Estech Systems, Inc. (ESI) (www.esi-estech.com), an innovative designer and manufacturer of high-performance, easy-to-use communications systems for small- and medium-sized businesses, announced today the appointment of Ron Owens as Vice ...
Skytap Surpasses 200 Enterprise Customer Mark for Public and Hybrid Cloud ...
Broadcast Newsroom
SEATTLE, WA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/13/12 -- Skytap, the leading provider of self-service cloudautomation solutions, today announced that over 200 enterprises, including Trek Bicycles, Trend Micro, and WorkWise are using the company's intuitive public ...
Dangers associated with cloud computing are mounting
News & Observer
The cloud is going to be a big part of your computing life whether you like it or not. One reason you'll like it is that your files will stay synchronized between your desktop PC and the various gadgets you carry with you, like tablet or phone. One ...
What Can You Do In Cloud Computing? eBay Gives an Example
Midsize Insider
Many midsize businesses are comfortable putting their email online and using the cloud for storage, but there are barriers to going beyond that. Ready-made cloud computing solutions are expensive, and IT departments are concerned about vendor lock-in.
Midsize Insider
The cloud services explosion
Australian Techworld
If you follow cloud computing, you're no doubt familiar with software-as-a-service, typically associated with Salesforce.com, or infrastructure-as-a-service, which was pioneered by Amazon.com. But how about CaaS, SECaaS, DaaS, MaaS and BaaS?
Cloud computing creating NZ security blind spots
TVNZ
Cloud computing could be the achilles' heel of Kiwi firms if they do not tighten up security processes, according to an IT firm. Richard Cheeseman, the managing director of IT firm Lume, said some companies are leaving themselves wide open to security ...
Protech Cloud Business Solutions to Help Associations Deliver Exceptional ...
PYMNTS.com
This cloud-based AMS combines the security, reliability and business continuity of enterprise-levelcloud computing with award-winning association-specific functionalities and world-class customer relationship management (CRM) tools from Microsoft ...
The Risks And Rewards Of Cloud Computing
CloudTweaks News
In all honesty, cloud computing could actually make or break a company, depending on how they implement it. And if they actually do everything right, cloud computing will propel their company to success, reaping rewards that they never thought was ...
OBT and Sage HandiSoft sign Cloud services partnership
ARNnet
OBT managing director and founder, Shane Muller, said partnering with Sage HandiSoft was a natural choice as practices can benefit from an industry tailored solution delivering Cloud services to the accounting sector. .... National University (ANU ...
Sage North America Reveals Mobile and Cloud Business Apps Strategy to Help ...
Broadcast Newsroom
"Mobile and cloud computing have become driving forces for efficiency among small and midsized businesses," said Houillon. "A recent survey(1) of SMB owners showed that 36% of them now use tablets or cloud computing, up from just 14% a year ago.
Google's Partner Program To Push Cloud Services
CloudTweaks News
I have written about cloud computing companies and their partnership programs before (See: CloudBiggies and their Partnership Programs); now, Google, one of the earliest movers to the cloud but a late starter as far as cloud partnership programs are ...
Watch the cloud get bigger and change its shape
Register
Traffic in cloud networks will be very heavy and will display some unique characteristics due to the on-demand nature of cloud computing and storage. For example: consider the need to set up virtual machines in large numbers, to monitor and manage them ...
Privacy law may hit cloud adoption: AIIA
ZDNet
One of the proposed Australian Privacy Principles (APPs), outlined in the proposed Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Bill 2012, will limit the adoption of the cloud in Australia, according to the Australian Information Industry ...
S'pore university aims to extend TV with cloud
ZDNet
Using cloud computing technology, Wen said the school's Social Cloud TV technology can cost effectively transcode videos at the backend and stream the video into devices in the most suitable format. For it to work, the software can be embedded in ...
Advantages of Cloud Based Applications for Small Business
DABCC.com
For most small businesses' managers, saving money is the most important benefit of cloud-computing applications. And this is mainly because in the past, cost was one of the major difficulties for small businesses seeking to build and manage the ...
BSA Recommends Honing US Intellectual Property Strategy To Address ...
Manufacturing Business Technology
“The most important trend in the software industry is the growth of cloud computing,” BSA President and CEO Robert Holleyman wrote. “Cloud ... BSA's filing outlined potential threats such as unauthorized use of cloud services and mobile device piracy.
Analyst Commentary: Infosys and the Cloud Ecosystem Hub
BusinessCloud9
Just over a year ago we flagged that Infosys was developing a different approach to Cloud servicesunder its positioning as a “Cloud ecosystem integrator.” The positioning is now solidly progressing from words to a solution called the Infosys Cloud ...
RIM May Dump Cloud Services Provider NewBay | Mobile Marketing ...
By Michael
Further turmoil inside of embattled smartphone maker Research in Motion Monday, as news comes that the BlackBerry producer may dump it's cloud service provider NewBay. According to sources speaking with Reuters this morning, NewBay ...
Mobile Marketing Watch
FFIEC Issues Guidance on Cloud Computing ... - Risk Headquarters
By Louise.Honor
By James Bork According to a July 10, 2012 statement, the FFIEC considers cloud computing to be another form of outsourcing with the same basic risk.
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services...
Startup Stackdriver nets $5M to build cloud management — Cloud ...
By Barb Darrow
Many companies want to be able to deploy applications across multiple public clouds, but thus far the management tools to facilitate that have been lacking. That's a gap Boston startup Stackdriver hopes to fill, say co-founder Dan Belcher.
GigaOM
International conference Logistics and cloud computing
By jano
On next 30th of October, Bologna will host an international conference dealing with logistics andcloud computing, organized by the Province of Bologna within the European project LOGICAL in cooperation with Interporto Bologna.
Project LOGICAL - transnational...
5 Benefits of Cloud Consulting - SSD Cloud Computing News and ...
By Courtney C
While there are many consultants out there that are peddling the wrong ideas, there are also a great deal that are trying to improve cloud services for users by finding out their wants and needs. Still not convinced? Keep reading for our list of all ...
Cloud Provider USA
Skytap Surpasses 200 Enterprise Customer Mark for Public and ...
By admin
SEATTLE, WA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/13/12 -- Skytap, the leading provider of self-service cloudautomation solutions, today announced that over 200. ... Skytap Surpasses 200 Enterprise Customer Mark for Public and Hybrid Cloud Computing ...
Nearshore Journal
Study: Finance decision-makers see significant benefits from the cloud
By CopperEgg
Cloud computing reduces IT expenses in a number of ways. Cost savings are and will continue to be one of the most common and significant advantages associated with leveraging cloud services. According to CFO Research, 71 percent of ...
CopperEgg
GSA's proposed cloud brokerage grabs industry attention » FISMA ...
By jim
2, and the wait list was large enough that officials could not accommodate everyone who wanted to take part, said Stan Kaczmarczyk, director of cloud computing service at the Federal Acquisition Services' Information Technology Services Office . “When we spoke to our industry ... A cloud broker is an entity that manages the performance and delivery of cloud services, and negotiates relationships between cloud providers and cloud consumers. The RFI contains questions specific to...
FISMA Focus
Cloud Services Company Intermedia Taps New VPs | Enterprise ...
By admin
Cloud services company Intermedia has added two new vice presidents to its management team. Connie Adcock, a 35-year seasoned customer service executive, formerly of 1-800-Flowers and National Car Rental, has joined the company as ...
Enterprise Cloud Today
This Week in Cloud: August 9, 2012 - Blogs - CA Technologies
By Derek Stevens
The Gartner Hype Cycle for Cloud Computing 2012 report revealed that enterprises that experience the best results from cloud-based technologies are adopting cloud computing to increase their performance and focus on a specific strategy, and not to save on costs, according to this Forbes ...Log Insight enables users to monitor their cloud services by analyzing data in real-time and it helps administrators identify patterns that can lead them to the root cause of problems as they arise .
CA Community
Curing the Cloud Performance Arrhythmia
By Lori MacVittie
A 2011 global study on cloud conducted on behalf of Alcatel-Lucent showed that while security is still top of mind for IT decision makers considering cloud computing, performance – in particular reliable performance – ranks higher on the list of ...
DevCentral Weblogs
An Exit In The Cloud: Colt Buys ThinkGrid To Beef Up Its Small - ATIFs
An Exit In The Cloud: Colt Buys ThinkGrid To Beef Up Its Small Enterprise Cloud Services Business. Posted on August 13, 2012. colt logo Some consolidation up in the clouds: Colt Technology Services has bought ThinkGrid, an enterprise cloud startup that has created a platform for channel partners and small and medium businesses for them in turn to become cloud service providers. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it looks like it was a good one for ThinkGrid's ...
Arizona Technology Investor Forum
The highly secure cloud | Lunacloud Blog
By Bob Tarzey
Surveys by Quocirca and other research firms constantly show that “security” is THE biggest concern when it comes to making use of cloud services. Why is this and is the perception that cloud services are inherently less secure than internally ...
Lunacloud Blog
Red Hat release OpenStack Preview | The Cloud Evangelist
By Richard Morrell
OpenStack Technology Preview Available from Red Hat by: Cloud Computing Team – Written by Gordon Haff (reproduced here verbatim) The OpenStack Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud computing project, has been much in the news. April's formation of the forthcoming OpenStack Foundation put ... OpenStack is an IaaS solution that manages a hypervisor and provides cloud services to users through self-service. Perhaps the easier way to think of OpenStack, however, is that ...
The Cloud Evangelist
Request URIs - Google Cloud Storage — Google Developers
Request URIs. You can access Google Cloud Storage through three request endpoints (URIs). Which one you use depends on the operation you are performing ...
developers.google.com/storage/docs/reference-uris
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