ReadWriteWeb
Cloud computing has become the all-purpose buzzword of business computing -- it can mean pretty much whatever you want it to mean, but every product better have some cloud in it. Networking giant Cisco has totally bought in to the concept, but a couple ...
ReadWriteWeb
Amazon's Vogels: Cloud is the resource model for today's uncertain economy
GigaOM
The consumerization of IT has led to the growth of cloud, a big shift for the major hardware players and new opportunities for startups to build a business using IT without huge up-front costs. Amazon's CTO Werner Vogels explains what's going on at ...
GigaOM
Cloud Computing Shifting To Cooler Climates
Data Center Knowledge
Now that cloud computing is officially in the mainstream, we're seeing a growing interest in data center energy consumption. Since electronic components are constantly becoming smaller and more powerful, data centers must now deal with the heat ...
Data Center Knowledge
Which Companies Are Generating Profits From Cloud Computing?
Minyanville.com
MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL We all know how slowly our economy is growing, and how few new jobs are being created. But there is one industry that is growing rapidly: Cloud computing. And it's about to generate significant profits – by some estimates, as much ...
The cloud job that should make you think twice
InfoWorld (blog)
Though you'd think cloud managers have only one or two cloud services to deal with, I find they usually have four or five, with more expected by 2014. The reason? In large part, the growth in cloudsto manage is due to "shadow IT" cloud computing ...
Skyrocketing Demand For Cloud Services Exceed 2012 Forecasts
RedOrbit
Consumers are “aggressively” migrating their data to cloud storage, with the number of subscriptions to online storage services set to soar this year, according to a new report from market research firm IHS iSuppli. Worldwide, the number of ...
Cloud Computing Still in Its Infancy, Study Says
Windows IT Pro (blog)
Within the study results, respondents rated Software as a Service (SaaS) as barely into the Growth phase and ahead of both Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS), with the overall result putting cloud computing squarely in ...
Old-School Web Hosts Fight Back Against Amazon Cloud
Wired
But now, the traditional web hosts are fighting back. This week, two of the biggest names in web hosting — Dreamhost and MediaTemple — announced new cloud services based on OpenStack, an open source platform that seeks to mimic the Amazon way ...
Wired
Cloud security: A closer look at FedRAMP
FCW.com
Security concerns typically provide the chief source of rain for the cloud parade, as worries about data leakage and other cyber maladies have caused federal IT managers to think twice about cloud computing. Indeed, more than 50 percent of respondents ...
Understanding Cloud APIs, and Why They Matter
Data Center Knowledge
As cloud computing continues to gain momentum, system administrators are looking for more ways to integrate with their cloud model. There are now more direct use cases for cloud computing, which require greater levels of customization. The ability to ...
Data Center Knowledge
Companies to up cloud spending: Tecala
ZDNet
Companies to up cloud spending: Tecala. Summary: In a Tecala survey of 136 CIOs and IT managers about IT priorities, nearly all of the respondents said that virtualisation and cloud computing are at the top of their list. Spandas Lui. By Spandas Lui ...
Software-defined networks: All about the application
GigaOM
Software-defined networks and data centers are the future if enterprises want to manage their infrastructure with the agility of cloud computing providers, but they're nowhere near ubiquity yet. However, according to two senior VMware executives, the ...
GigaOM
Cloud Adoption Ahead of Schedule to Reach 500 Million in 2012: IHS
eWeek
IHS iSuppli found consumer adoption of cloud services to have passed 375 million users in June, putting the market 75 percent of the way toward its year-end estimate of 500 million. Consumer adoption of cloud storage services is exceeding expectations...
eWeek
Consumers actually really like cloud storage, report says
ZDNet
For consumers, cloud services are intended to manage and store user-generated data or purchased content, such as music, ebooks, pictures or videos. The content can then be seamlessly accessed and synced across devices like smartphones, media tablets ...
BYOD bringing more value and challenges in a Post-PC world
GigaOM
Harish noted a “black market” for cloud services is cropping up. Instead of dealing with restrictive corporate policy and finances, employees are pulling out credit cards and their Amazon Web Services account to get things done. One way or another then ...
GigaOM
Report: Cloud Storage Services Now Have Over 375M Users, Could Reach ...
TechCrunch
According to market intelligence firm iHS iSuppli, the market for paid and free cloud storage services continues to grow rapidly and the total number of Internet users who use paid and free cloud storage services is currently around 375 million. By ...
TechCrunch
Cloud, consumerization of IT makes life tough for CIOs
GigaOM
Swan and Juergen Urbanski, VP of cloud architectures, cloud technologies and enabling platforms for T-Systems talked up the dilemma this morning at GigaOM's Structure Europe. Check out the rest of our Structure Europe 2012 live coverage here, and a ...
GigaOM
Oracle's Cloud Announcements: 5 Things You Didn't Know
The VAR Guy
Oracle's 'Fab Five' Cloud Programs: Oracle Cloud Referral Program. This broad-based referral program for Oracle Cloud allows any of our 25,000 partners to immediately generate revenue simply by referring business to Oracle for Oracle Cloud services.
A truly open cloud has to be open source, says OpenNebula
GigaOM
There are many cloud providers who call themselves open or say that they are open-source, but most of them are dependent on a single large vendor or series of vendors, Open Nebula co-founder and CEO Ignacio Llorente told attendees at GigaOM's ...
GigaOM
Adobe Updates iOS Reader and Adds Cloud Storage
PadGadget
Adobe's popular and free PDF reader app, Adobe Reader, is on the eve of an update. Electronista has reported that the productivity app has already had the changes made for Android and iOS will follow shortly. The major changes un the upcoming version ...
Companies 'wasting thousands' on cloud services they don't need
Computing
16 Oct 2012. . . money-down-drain. Companies are wasting tens of thousands of pounds – sometimes hundreds of thousands – on purchasing cloud services they either don't need or don't even know they are purchasing. Further reading...
Computing
$99 Boxee TV records over-the air television to the cloud -- but requires ...
CNET
The big catch is that there's a $15 monthly subscription fee, presumably to cover the EPG (electronic program guide) data (provided by Tribune) and unlimited cloud storage. That's same amount you can expect to pay with a TiVo Premiere, and ...
Marble Cloud launches cloud security service for Apple, Android and Windows ...
DigitalIDNews (blog)
Additionally, Marble Access reduces risk and complexity associated with bring-your-own-device (BYOD) and cloud services by utilizing an extended enterprise IT infrastructure. The significance of Marble Cloud's solution is simple, any user— contractor, ...
Security better in-cloud than in-house: Google
ZDNet
but I believe that cloud computing, compared to most organisations [and] what they're doing today, is probably more secure." Feigenbaum, who spoke at the Australian Information Security Association's National Conference 2012 in Sydney today, qualified ...
BoB Attendees Upbeat About 2013 Amid Cloud Era Turbulence
CRN
The best and brightest solution providers grappling with the herculean task of rebuilding their business for the cloud computing era are planning for robust sales growth in 2013 even as they view it as another year of transition. Jere Brown, CEO of ...
Cloud Technology Partners New OpenStack RapidPlan™ Offering Eliminates ...
Sacramento Bee
OpenStack is a global collaboration of developers and cloud computing technologists producing the ubiquitous open source cloud computing platform for public and private clouds. The project aims to deliver solutions for all types of clouds by being ...
If you are using Cloud-based services, you should understand the risks, says ...
Einnews Portugal
/EINPresswire.com/ IT Governance Ltd, the leading expert in information security training, consultancy, books and tools, has reported that the Cloud Computing Foundation training course in November is available at a special discounted price of £450 + VAT.
NetApp adds clustering technology to OpenStack
InfoWorld
NetApp has contributed Data ONTAP 8 Clustering drivers to OpenStack, giving service providers and enterprises better resources when building private and public clouds based on the platform, it said on Monday. The addition of drivers for Data ONTAP 8 ...
SMBs to move to cloud computing [Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)]
Equities.com
The majority of the survey respondents are at least aware of cloud computing, and 52 per cent of small businesses correctly identified its meaning as data stored, secured and accessed remotely. Almost 40 per cent of SMBs use cloud services for personal ...
Metacloud Debuts OpenStack Private Cloud Services
socalTech.com
MetaCloud's fully managed services helps companies deploy their own, OpenStack cloud computing systems. OpenStack is an emerging standard which lets developers create cloud computing applications which are portable across different Internte service ...
Do federated clouds deliver? — Cloud Computing News
By Stacey Higginbotham
Federated clouds, the idea that customers can span different clouds with their computing and data, decided on cost, location or other variables, isn't really available today, but there's hope that it will emerge in the future and help service ...
GigaOM
Adobe Reader for iOS and Android updated with cloud storage ...
By Mark Hearn
On Monday, Adobe dropped details for an update to its iOS and Android versions of Reader. The most noteworthy enhancement here is the introduction of.
Engadget
Acrobat XI and Cloud Services Event in Boston, Princeton and Philly ...
By Rick Borstein
My Adobe colleague Mark Middleton is sponsoring three free LIVE events in Boston, Princeton, NJ and Philadelphia. You're invited to join Mark and other Adobe Experts to discover Acrobat XI Pro: "The Ultimate Multitasker" and Acrobat XI ...
Acrobat for Legal Professionals
Adobe Reader gets cloud storage support with the latest update
By Madhav
Adobe has rolled out an update to its Adobe Reader app for Android, bringing with it support for storing documents within the cloud at Acrobat.com. By introducing cloud storage to the Adobe Reader, users will now be able to edit documents, ...
The Android Soul
Cloud Computing, Dropbox and Data Backup | one cool site
By timethief
Dropbox is a free file synchronization and cloud storage system that allows you to access your files no matter where you are. Dropbox lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere you go. After you install Dropbox on your ...
one cool site
Adobe Reader Update For Android And iOS Adds Cloud Storage ...
By Julian Horsey
Adobe has today rolled out a new update to its Adobe Reader application for both Android and iOS devices, which brings with it support for storing documents within the cloud at Acrobat.com.
Geeky Gadgets
Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Joseph Beal, Chief ...
By Sramana Mitra
Sramana Mitra: I did not realize that the government uses telecommuting. Joseph Beal: Yes. It's a driver. It's a way for them to cut down on time, and they can work more efficiently. SM: I just want to clarify: Is that something that you predict will ...
Sramana Mitra
Survey Says: 3 Years More For Cloud Before It Covers The Whole ...
By Durba
The study shows that three more years may be necessary before we can see a fully developed cloud computing service. There has ... But according to the survey participants, the industry-level cloud services are still in their crawling stage.
CloudTweaks
2012 Cloud Computing Market Maturity Study Results » FISMA Focus
By jim
The maturity of a product or service offering changes over time, advancing from infancy through levels of maturity before eventually reaching a plateau and decline. Cloud computing, according to participants in a 2012 study conducted jointly ...
FISMA Focus
Deploying OpenRules Applications in the Cloud – A guest post ...
By Judah Johns
... deployed some of his apps on it. The following is his how-to on deploying OpenRules Apps to theCloud using Jelastic,… ... Jelastic — Rock-Solid Java in the Cloud, Java Server Hosting, Java Cloud Computing. java, cloud, paas, hosting, ...
Jelastic — Rock-Solid Java...
Consumer cloud storage uptake quickens | ChannelBiz UK
By Matthew Finnegan
There is no shortage of options for consumer cloud services these days, and subscriptions are seeing strong growth. According to a report from analysts IHS iSuppli, the number of people storing... Rebello adds that larger technology companies are looking at the cloud as a way to generate revenue, and this could affect the pure-play consumer cloud storage providers like Mozy, Dropbox and Carbonite. These providers, which provide a freemium payment model with charges when ...
ChannelBiz UK
Cloud Hosting DreamHost to Compete with EC2 by Its OpenStack ...
By Ellen Tate
Cloud hosting service provider CreamHost has announced on Monday October 15, 2012 through official press release statement that it is going to compete with Amazon EC2 cloud services with the help of its OpenStack powered ...
GreatResponder.com
LuxCloud Accelerates Resellers' Businesses into the Cloud ...
By bitesg
LuxCloud has ambitions to create a highly sophisticated cloud services platform catering to all reseller models under one scalable solution powered by Parallels Automation. ... And in 2010, we saw a new opportunity in cloud computing – create a platform that will help IT resellers to sell cloud-based applications. Two things made their offering interesting to resellers: zero infrastructure investment making for very low start-up cost; and the reseller gets to sell the service under their own...
DailyHostNews
Cyber Defense & Password – Cloud Computing Best Practices
By hitoshikokumai
The Canada Cloud Network (CanadaCloud.net) is identifying 'BPaaS' as an important step forward forcloud computing and an uniquely exciting growth opportunity for Canadian Cloud start-ups. Furthermore, CanadaCloud.net is announcing ...
Cloud Computing Best Practices
Consumers Aggressively Migrate Data to Cloud Storage in First Half ...
Consumers Aggressively Migrate Data to Cloud Storage in First Half of 2012 ... The number of global consumers using cloud services after the first six months hit ...
www.isuppli.com/.../consumers-aggressively-migrate-data-to-c...
Consumers Aggressively Migrate Data to Cloud Storage in First Half of 2012 ... The number of global consumers using cloud services after the first six months hit ...
www.isuppli.com/.../consumers-aggressively-migrate-data-to-c...
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