Public Cloud Services to grow to $100 billion by 2016

IDC expects maturing cloud services to generate $100 billion in revenue in 2016
ZDNet
A recently released IDC report is enthusiastic about the growth of public cloud services, predicting $40 billion in spending in 2012 that will grow to $100 billion annually by 2016. Their expectation over this five year time period is that annual ...

Want to buy or sell Amazon instances? Now you can
GigaOM
Amazon is sticking its toe into tricky new waters: It's building a spot market for cloud computing resources with a new plan to let users buy and sell their Amazon cloudresources. This is tricky because previous attempts to navigate these waters haven ...

GigaOM

Cloud Computing: Platform as a Service: Top 10 PaaS Trends of the Next Five ...
eWeek
As most software available from the cloud is standardized, enterprises are looking to leverage PaaS offerings as it will be the only stack where a service provider can create differentiation. For the record, PaaS is a category of cloud computing ...

eWeek

PlayStation Plus cloud storage boost landing 'soon' with system update v4.25
Engadget
If you've been sat impatiently tapping your fingers on the desk waiting for that extra PlayStation Plus storage, then you might want to give that hand a break. According to the PlayStation blog, it's coming, and soon. The capacity bump will come in PS3 ...

Pfizer taps cloud computing to gain control of supply chain
FierceBiotech IT
Pfizer ($PFE) has treated the complications of its supply chain with doses of cloud computing, virtualization and other tools, enabling the drug giant to track shipments from a large network of internal and external sources with improved efficiency and ...

An Amazon cloud rival lets users spec out their own servers
Ars Technica
Amazon's omnipresent cloud computing service has a new rival with an interesting take on how to provide virtual servers. Instead of offering several types of pre-defined instances—each with a certain amount of memory, storage, and CPU power—an ...

Zendesk refreshes and rakes in $60m for European push
GigaOM
Zendesk, one of the poster children for the recent wave of enterprise cloud services, has just raked in $60m in fresh funding. And the timing for that could be most opportune – the news coincides with a significant revamp of the browser-based user ...

GigaOM

Cloud Computing and the Sovereign Nation - Does "Global" Really Mean "Local"?
Midsize Insider
It's hard to miss the hype of cloud computing if you're a midsize IT pro; upper management types often hear the glories of the cloud extolled by both employees and outside agencies that want to provide always-on, super redundant, streamlined systems ...

iPhone 5 Launch & iCloud: Can CSPs, MSPs Counter Apple Cloud?
TalkinCloud (blog)
As Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) launches the iPhone 5 today, cloud services providers (CSPs) and channel partners should keep a particularly close eye on Apple's iCloud strategy. Background:Cloud storage remains a huge opportunity for CSPs. Plus, Backup ...

PlayStation 3 update boosts cloud storage space
Shacknews
The big selling point of cloud storage for game saves is that you no longer need to worry about them, they're just always there, happily drifting around in the skies above us. Unless you run out of space, that is, in which case you're reminded that ...

Shacknews

Gexcel releases streaming cloud services for lidar data
Spar Point Group
For organizations without an appropriate Internet-serving environment, Gexcel also can provide fully scalable and secure cloud services, the company said. The gexcel R3Xtream Point Cloud Engine provides data serving and sharing of unlimited pointcloud ...

Ubuntu's Shuttleworth Invests $1 Million In Inktank Cloud Services
RedOrbit
The investment, which is in the form of a convertible note, will be used to bring Inktank's open-source distributed file system Ceph to cloud computing. “Mark Shuttleworth is an open source visionary, and the Inktank team is delighted to accept his ...

RedOrbit

Joe Public Gets Cloud Computing Use; IT Misses the Mark
Midsize Insider
Businesses talk about the cloud. Providers talk about the cloud. The public--understandably--is curious about the cloud. A new study commissioned by Citrix shows that while Joe Public may not know all the ins and outs of cloud computing, they use it on ...

Citrix Invests In CumuLogic: PaaS Cloud Services Meet Java
TalkinCloud (blog)
It recently launched its new CumuLogic Cloud Application Platform v1.0 for the Global 2000 and service providers in an effort redefine Java PaaS offerings. It also launched a version of its Java PaaS technology specifically for HP Cloud Services to ...

Shhhh, Huddle gets funding from CIA-backed In-Q-Tel
GigaOM
In-Q-Tel which finds and vets strategic technology for use by the CIA and other intelligence agencies, has given a boost (and some money) to Huddle, the UK provider of cloud collaboration services. Together they”re working on a version for use by U.S....

GigaOM

Still Clueless About Cloud Computing?
CloudTimes
54% of the survey participants admitted not using cloud computing but in fact majority of them do because these people make use of cloud services without every knowing it. 45% play online games, 22% keep copies of videos or music online, 29% store ...

CloudTimes

Most start-ups use mobile, cloud computing: survey
Livemint
Mumbai: A majority of Indian start-ups in 2012 catered to individual customers, with most entrepreneurs adopting mobile and cloud computing technologies to build their businesses, according to a study by Yourstory.in—an online platform for start-ups ...

Symform Trades Free Cloud Backup For Excess Storage Capacity
CRN
Under the new program, which Seattle-based Symform called "Bytes or Bucks," customers can either pay 15 cents per GB per month for its Symform Cloud Storage Network service, or provide 2 GB of free space to Symform for each GB of data backed up on ...

Australian clouds compared
ZDNet
In ZDNet Australia's second take on local cloud-computing services, we take a fresh look at Australia's cloud services to see whether they stack up against big overseas operators. (The sky image by Lunaaldent, royalty free; ZDNet). The cloud has ...

ZDNet

Riverbed Takes Cloud Storage to Higher Level
DABCC.com
That research in turn helped lead to the development of cloud computing, which today is now being routinely used for backup and recovery applications. In fact, not only are large amounts of data being backed up into the cloud, organizations now have ...

Top Four Ways Cloud Computing Can Help Families
CloudTweaks News
Rarely is cloud computing sold as a family tool, product, or service. Naturally, you could blame it on the marketing people. Also, people's lack of information on this topic can also be a reason for this statistic. Very few people imagine cloud ...

IW 500 Data Shows How IT Rules Have Changed
InformationWeek
Cloud computing is firmly established among IW 500 companies. Eighty-five percent use cloudsoftware, and 27% use a cloud platform-as-a-service, such as Microsoft Azure and Google App Engine, up eight points from a year ago. But companies arent just ...

Intel Updates Data Center Strategy: More Devices Forces More Innovation
eWeek
NEWS ANALYSIS: At its annual developers' conference, Intel unveils new initiatives involving big data analytics, high-performance computing and fabrics, security, cloud computing standards, and the increasing pace of cloud system adoption.

eWeek

Amazon Web Services lets users sell reserved instances
InfoWorld
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced an online marketplace where users of its cloud computing services can sell their reserved server instances to other companies, the company said on Wednesday. Reserved instances allow avid cloud users to ...

Concerns and Knowledge Regarding Cloud Adoption
DABCC.com
The cloud computing phenomenon that has experienced lift-off in recent years continues to boom and all signs point to the idea that it will certainly continue growing exponentially. However, despite this, it would seem that there is still a substantial ...

Google Updates Drive Cloud Storage For Android, iOS
TechWeekEurope UK
Google has updated its Google Drive cloud storage service with a number of useful features to make it even easier and more flexible for Apple iOS and Android users. In a 10 September post on the Google Enterprise Blog, Anil Sabharwal, senior product ...

TechWeekEurope UK

TBI Launches 'Cloud Clarity'
Channel Partners
CHANNEL PARTNERS — Master agent Telecom Brokerage Inc. (TBI) (Booth #304) has announced the launch of Cloud Clarity, an agent program designed to educate and guide TBI partners in the essentials of cloud computing, clarification of cloud service ...

How much cloud storage do you really need?
CloudTech
How can you evaluate your existing storage infrastructure to estimate your cloud storage needs? Answering these questions doesn't ... There are some basic cloud storage capacity planning questions that need to be answered. Rick Cook, a TechTarget ...

PlayStation Plus cloud storage increase coming with PS3 update ...
By David Hinkle
About a month ago at Gamescom, Sony announced its PlayStation Plus service would arrive on the PS Vita and that the storage limit for the cloud would be increased. While we're still waiting on a date for PS Plus on PS Vita, the PlayStation ...
Joystiq

PS3 firmware 4.25 ups cloud storage to 1GB – Video Games ...
By Mark Raby
Sep. 12, 2012 - It's always a bit annoying when you have to take time away from your online gaming schedule to download firmware updates, but sometimes the updates are.
Geek.com

PSA: PS3 firmware update is live, Plus cloud storage increased ...
By JC Fletcher
The new PS3 firmware update designed to support increased PlayStation Plus cloud storage is now live in North America. Most PlayStation Plus users will find that their systems have already downloaded the file this morning, though it will still ...
Joystiq

Cloud services to be worth $100 billion in four years, according to ...
By AHN
New York, NY, United States (4E) – International Data Corporation (IDC) recently reported that the $40 billion investments in cloud services will pay off in 2016 and make an estimated $100 billion in profit. IDC expects cloud services to grow at ...
GantDaily.com

IDC: Public IT Cloud Services Spending to Reach $100B in 2016 ...
By admin
Worldwide spending on public IT cloud services will be more than $40 billion in 2012 and is expected to approach $100 billion in 2016, according to a new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC). Over the 2012–2016 forecast ...
SMART Group

Is Cloud Computing Safe for Your Business
By Richard Bracke
The trend is towards cloud computing and storage. Here are some pros and cons of cloud computingto help you decide whether or not it's safe for you. ... Have you used a cloud storage service? If so what have been your experience?
Keep Up With The Web - Sherryl Perry

Citrix Invests In CumuLogic: PaaS Cloud Services Meet Java ...
By zatzeditor
CumuLogic has caught the eye of the executives of Citrix Systems (NASDAQ: CTSX) because of its ability to bridge traditional data centers and clouds at the application level. Through its Startup Accelerator corporate incubator, Citrix has ...
WebSpherePower

Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Elizabeth Cholawsky ...
By candicearnold
Sramana Mitra: I agree with you. Service Now is an excellent company. Elizabeth Cholawsky: Yes. We're coming from the position of remote support as the core competency and building a constellation of IT tools around that. We come at it ...
Sramana Mitra

Cloud Expo Silicon Valley: Managing the Consolidation of Data in ...
Intel is helping businesses and users realize the benefits of cloud computing technology by working to develop open standards that operate across disparate IT infrastructures and with the Intel CloudBuilder and Intel Cloud Finder programs, ...
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PS3 Firmware Update, Additional PS+ Cloud Storage Space ...
By Eric L. Patterson, News Editor
The PS3 firmware update—which Morgan Haro from Sony says “should be available later tonight” over on the Official PlayStation Blog—will bump the size of cloud storage PS3 owners get via PS+ from 150MB to 1GB. 1GB might seem a bit ...
EGMNOW

What Makes This Year's Dreamforce Different - The Return of the ...
By Narinder
Given salesforce.com's leadership in the commercialization of cloud computing for business, each year Dreamforce feels like New Year's Eve (for the cloud). It's a milestone event people plan around, sets off a huge set of social rituals (parties) ...
CIO's Guide to Cloud Computing...

Google Updates Drive Cloud Storage For Android, iOS
By Philip Fiore
Google has updated its Google Drive cloud storage service with a number of useful features to make it even easier and more flexible for Apple iOS and Android users. Apple device users can now for the first time “edit Google documents, just ...
Philip Fiore's TechnoBlog

Subscriptions to Cloud Storage Services to Reach Half-Billion Level ...
However, providing cloud services is not profitable as a standalone service, challenging ... Overall,cloud computing is a dramatic game changer, representing a ...

DreamHost's Cloud Storage Service Goes Beta - 'Net Features ...
DreamHost's Cloud Storage Service Goes Beta ... DreamHost, the Web hosting and cloud computing company, is diving into the cloud-based object storage ...

12 hot cloud computing companies worth watching
These companies -- many of which have been able to get up and running by taking advantage ofcloud services themselves -- have attracted some $161 million ...

GovernmentVideo: D-Link Unveils Latest Cloud Storage System
D-Link Systems Inc., a producer of solutions that integrate wireless, broadband, storage, Internet protocol (IP) surveillance and cloud-based network ...

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