Thursday, September 20, 2012

OpenStack Poised For Cloud Leadership

OpenStack Poised For Cloud Leadership
InformationWeek
"There are a lot of members who compete with each other, yet contribute to the OpenStack code base," said Lew Tucker, CTO of cloud computing at Cisco and vice chairman of the board of directors of the foundation, in an interview with InformationWeek ...

CodeLathe Launches Tonido Private Cloud Storage Service For Business
CRN
CodeLathe on Wednesday unveiled a new version of its cloud storage software that allows SMBs and enterprises to quickly build private storage clouds it said rivals the functionality of well-known public clouds such as Dropbox and Google Drive.

Salesforce Confirms Chatterbox, Its Own Cloud Storage Answer To Box (And ...
TechCrunch
It is name-dropping Dropbox in its promotional description, calling it “The Dropbox for the Enterprise”, as part of its bigger push into cloud services and “consumerizing” enterprise IT. The company is releasing the news in a raft of announcements to ...

Cloud Services Market to Top $109 Billion in 2012: Gartner
eWeek
The worldwide cloud services market shows no sign of slowing down, with IT research firm Gartner forecasting public cloud services to grow 19.6 percent in 2012 to total $109 billion, led by strong gains in the business process services (also known as ...

Cloud Apps Somewhat More Secure Than On-Premises Apps: Survey
Forbes
Security is often a showstopper for cloud computing proposals, but at least one survey suggests that applications and data may be somewhat more secure out in thecloud than within on-premises systems. Photo: Wikipedia. In fact, cloud-based applications ...

Forbes

Cloud Computing: What Does it Mean to Be an Open Cloud?
Formtek Blog (blog)
Enterprises have long been captives of traditional on-premise software. They've been trapped by vendors because the expense and difficulty of migrating to a competitor is not a viable alternative. So it comes as no surprise that as businesses gradually ...

Cloud Services Contracts: What CIOs Need to Know
CIO Insight
A recent lightning storm in Virginia caused Amazon's cloud services to go down, however, not all customers suffered equally. Some, such as Fox Entertainment, Unilever and Spotify, as well as nearly 200 government agencies and several hundred small ...

Lenovo Takes a Leap into Cloud Computing
Server Watch
China's Lenovo has entered the cloud infrastructure and services market with this week's acquisition of Stoneware. Stoneware is best known for its webNetwork software platform, a cloud network hosting environment for enterprises, primarily in the ...

Seagate Cloud Storage Builder Alliance Targets Engineering, Marketing At Cloud
CRN
Seagate on Tuesday enhanced its customer storage system builder channel program with a new Seagate Cloud Builder Alliance that specifically targets new engineering and marketing resources at partners building cloud storage solutions. The Seagate ...

NTT boosts cloud services focus with acquisition of Centerstance
FierceTelecom
Japanese telecom giant NTT (NYSE: NTT) has expanded its strategic focus on cloud computing by acquiring Centerstance, a consulting company that specializes in cloud-enabled business transformation solutions, the two companies announced Tuesday.

Cloud obscurity is not so bad
ITworld.com
The same argument can almost be applied to the notion of cloud computing. Sure, it would be great if more people knew what cloud computing was, just as it would be pretty cool if Tux were the universal symbol of IT awesomeness. But for the general ...

Australian public cloud market to grow, despite legal concerns: Gartner
ZDNet
... despite legal concerns: Gartner. Summary: Australian enterprises are still spending more on public cloud services, despite concerns that Australian laws don't provide adequate protection forcloud providers and users. Spandas Lui. By Spandas Lui ...

Before There Was Cloud Computing, There Was SOA
Forbes
Before there was cloud computing, there was service oriented architecture (SOA). While cloudencompasses implementation and application delivery options, SOA is concerned with the foundation underneath that makes it all possible. Fittingly, next week's ...

What Every Nonprofit Needs to Know about Cloud Computing
The Nonprofit Quarterly
Today marks the kickoff of Salesforce.com's annual Dreamforce conference, which the company bills as “the cloud computing industry event of the year.” Cloud computing, or the use of the Internet to run applications and store data, emerged in the early ...

How To Win The Cloud Wars
Forbes
Today “the cloud” surrounds us, literally and figuratively. IBM and Microsoft are running enterprise-oriented ads about cloud computing, Apple features iCloud and Siri (running in the cloud) prominently in marketing messages, and while Amazon.com ...

Fusion PPT Awarded Cloud Computing Contract to Support DISA
RedOrbit
Fusion PPT, a recognized cloud computing strategy and technology firm, announced today that they have won the highly competitive DoD Cloud architecture project for DISA. This contract will focus on building a DoD- community-wide interoperable Cloud ...

CIOs Love the Cloud – And They Don`t Care Who Knows It
CIO Insight
Cloud computing is the future. That's what CIOs are told by nearly every vendor, and in many cases, it's what CIOs are telling their business leaders. After all, as more ways to connect to the Web are delivered to employees, making sure that they have ...

Adobe cuts outlook on Creative Cloud transition
ZDNet (blog)
Adobe's fiscal third quarter results were roughly in line with expectations, but the company cut its outlook based on a transition to a cloud computing model. The company reported third quarter earnings of $201.4 million, or 40 cents a share, on ...

ZDNet (blog)

Misco Expo 12: Windows 8, cloud computing among key seminars
ITProPortal
It's now just nine days to go until Misco Expo 12, one of the UK's biggest technology showcases, is set to light up London's historic, Grade II listed Old Billingsgate exhibition and conference centre, and interested parties are encouraged to register ...

Centuric Cloud Services White Paper: Small Business Solutions
IT News Online
Implementing a Centuric High Availability (HA) Cloud Server is an ideal solution for eliminating capital expenses and overhead associated with an on-premise server and infrastructure implications. Beyond necessary maintenance and specialized personnel ...

Afternoon Coffee: Cloud Security; Walmart in India; SAP, Xchanging, Capgemini ...
Spend Matters
Cloud Apps Somewhat More Secure Than On-Premises Apps: Survey -- Security is often a showstopper for cloud computing proposals, but at least one survey suggests that applications and data may be somewhat more secure out in the cloud than within ...

Individual Cloud Subscriptions to Reach $500M by End of 2012
CloudTimes (blog)
big data 300x225 Individual Cloud Subscriptions to Reach $500M by End of 2012 According to IHS, an analyst firm, at the rate consumers are shifting to cloud computing services, the individual subscriptions for cloud storage can reach $500M by the end ...

CloudTimes (blog)

Samsung cloud computing products revealed
Ubergizmo
Samsung Electronics has just lifted the veil on their next-generation cloud computingsolution products, which are spearheaded by a trio of devices known as the B SeriesCloud Base Station, the C Series Cloud Monitor, and the new X Series Cloud Box.

Ubergizmo

Is cloud data storage right for your organisation?
ComputerWeekly.com
And that is not a comment on the UK's record wet weather in 2012, but about cloud computing,cloud data storage and its near ubiquity in IT marketing. But now the hype is beginning to clear, we can assess the readiness of ... Nearline data is a much ...

At Facebook cache is king. Here's how it keeps it up.
GigaOM
Facebook had a problem ensuring that its tens of thousands of caching servers were performing at their peak. If they bogged down, so did that site. So Facebook created Claspin, a heat map of the health of its caches that builds on its institutional ...

GigaOM

Australian govt guides agencies on cloud adoption
ZDNet
The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has issued its finalised guide for government agencies that are considering adopting cloud services. The guide to implementingcloud services (PDF) is designed to work in parallel with the ...

Tech Data Pitches TDCloud to Cloud Builders, Providers, Resellers
TalkinCloud (blog)
Stacy Nethercoat, VP, software and TDCloud, is describing how the distributor will empower partners for cloud computing. “We want to help you ... The idea is to offer evergreen billing models to increase VARs' renewal rates for cloud services. The ...

Why There Is A Visible Relationship Between Mobile Apps And Cloud Computing
CloudTweaks News
More and more companies host their applications in the cloud. Similarly, there has been an increasing demand coming in from mobile users. The relationship between mobile apps use andcloud computing is direct, but the reasons for this fantastic ...

Cloud Security Alliance set to unleash 20-plus research and guidance reports
CSO (blog)
"The consumerization of technology has not only led to the adoption low cost cloud computing, but has also enabled ubiquitous mobile devices and rapid growth in big data implementations. Cloud, mobile and big data are interrelated in many ways and all ...

History repeating: Why cloud computing could revisit the mistakes of ...
By Nick Heath
History repeating: Why cloud computing could revisit the mistakes of the 1980s PC boom ... The difficulty for the IT director is in communicating the long-term risk that comes with letting business people choose the cloud services they want.
CIO Insights Blog | TechRepublic

6 Threats To Cloud Computing | CloudTweaks
By cloudtweaks
Cloud Computing is the latest buzz in the field of IT as it has reduced the cost substantially for enterprises. Businesses should not just adopt cloud computing based on the hype but should have in-depth knowledge of various aspects of cloud ...
CloudTweaks

Cheap Cloud Services to Streamline Your Work : Technology ...
By Micaela Deitch
Once you've incorporated some of these tools, you'll no doubt need a way to manage all your cloud services, applications as well as your cloud-related spending. Cloudability is one solution for managing your company's cloud applications.
OPEN Forum - Keyword: Everything

Microsoft Skydrive Cloud Storage Update Adds Recycle Bin And ...
By Julian Horsey
Microsoft SkyDrive is now equipped with a recycle bin similar to the one you find on your Windows desktop, allowing you to recover files you have previously deleted.
Geeky-Gadgets

Tonido Launches Private Cloud Storage alternative to Google Drive for
By madhan
19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — CodeLathe, the leader in Personal Cloud software and services, today announced Tonido Cloud, a secure, private cloud storage and sync solution for medium businesses, managed service providers and ...
Tonido Blog

Cloud Computing Taking High-Tech Economy by Storm | American ...
By Alex Rued
Cloud computing is increasingly relevant to businesses, consumers, and even government, yet 'thecloud' remains a cloudy concept for Americans, including policymakers. According to a recent survey conducted by Wakefield Research, ...
American Legislator

BMC Communities: Blog: Cloud Computing: Cloud Services ...
By forums@developer.bmc.com
Our consultants, architects and trainers often hear the question, “if your solution is so good, why don't we just do it ourselves?” It reminds me of a recent story I heard about a child who had older siblings that he ...
Cloud Computing

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Sept. 19, 2012: Centuric Cloud Services ...
Implementing a Centuric High Availability (HA) Cloud Server is an ideal solution for eliminating capital expenses and overhead associated with an on-premise server and infrastructure implications. Beyond necessary maintenance and specialized personnel required for ... and flexibility to access data from any location. As Cloud computing continues to shift technology and become more popular, it's important to keep in mind that not all providers are the same. Centuric offers more than ...
Rock Hill Herald Online -- PRNewswire

JESNA - Middle school using cloud computing for down-to-earth ...
By jaisenberg@jesna.org (Jennifer Aisenberg)
From The Northwest Indiana Times: HOBART | Jessica Macias missed a day of school recently due to illness but she didn't miss her social studies class....
JESNA - Jewish Education News

Web Hosting Peak 10 Implements Recovery Cloud to Enhances ...
By Jessica Martin
Web hosting Provider Peak 10 has announced on Monday September 17, 2012 that they have implemented 'Recovery Cloud Services' into their cloud hosting services to improve the reliability, performance and efficiency of the customer ...
GreatResponder.com

Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Steve Pavlovsky, Product ...
By candicearnold
Sramana Mitra: If you could, walk us through a couple of use cases where these concepts are playing out in your domain. Steve Pavlovsky: That sounds fantastic. The core product we make is a control system that enables a user to control a ...
Sramana Mitra

Cloud Computing Trends | The Future is Bright for The Cloud ...
By Expedient
In a relatively short period of time, cloud computing has had a major impact on the technological landscape. Since Information Systems Professor Ramnath Chellappa first coined the phrase back in 1997, the cloud computing industry has ...
Expedient

Cloud Storage Growing Like Crazy | Document Management Blog
By Healy Jones
PC World has a piece on the growth of the cloud storage space done by a research firm IHS. ... “In an environment where mobile devices like smartphones and media tablets handle broadband data on a near-ceaseless basis, businesses are realizing the importance of cloud services in allowing consumers to manage, store and sync content across their devices,” said ... This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 at 6:13 am and is filed under cloud computing.
Document Management Blog

Webinar: Streamlining Finances And Preventing Fraud With Cloud
By History
Webinar: Streamlining Finances And Preventing Fraud With Cloud Computing. While we get set to present our latest webinar to you next week, we thought it would be a good time to announce another one that will be upcoming in October.
The NonProfit Times

Cloud Hosting and Cloud Storage Provider Internap
Internap has developed a full range of highly flexible enterprise-grade cloud hosting services including private cloud, public cloud and cloud storage to give your business the edge it ... Latency: The Achilles Heel of Cloud Computing (PDF ) ...
www.internap.com/agile/flexible-cloud-hosting-solutions/

Lenovo gobbles Stoneware, joins cloud storage game • The Channel
Lenovo gobbles Stoneware, joins cloud storage game. Room for one more on that bandwagon? Lenovo has joined the cloud computer game by buying ...
www.channelregister.co.uk/2012/09/.../lenovo_buys_stonewar...



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