Thursday, March 7, 2013

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Cloud Computing Boosts Next Generation of Startups, Survey Shows
Forbes
The benefits are seen in their IT budgets – two thirds (66 percent) of organizations who use private or public cloud services feel that cloud computing has reduced their IT costs, with almost six in ten (58 percent) reporting that cost savings through ...

Forbes

Microsoft Azure pips Amazon as king of cloud storage
ZDNet
Besides Microsoft's Azure Blob and Amazon's S3, the test included, by invitation, Google Cloud Storage, and two OpenStack offerings: HP Cloud Object Storage and Rackspace Cloud Files. The contenders had a chance to review the results, according to ...

Cloud Storage Crisis Looms For The Enterprise Brain
ReadWriteWeb
And yet few enterprise IT vendors are paying any attention. The problem is that employees are busily stashing data all over the place, in all sorts of cloud services, which is leading to what Huddle CEO Alastair Mitchell calls a "fracturing of the ...

ReadWriteWeb

International: PCI Security Standards Council releases cloud computing guidelines
DataGuidance (press release)
The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) published - on 7 February 2013 - the 'PCI DSS Cloud Computing Guidelines Information Supplement' (Guidelines) on the use ofcloud technologies and considerations for maintaining ...

ISM Adds NetSuite, Launches Cloud Computing Practice
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Partnering with NetSuite enables ISM to launch a new cloud computing practice, offering their customers cloud-based business management and ERP software to more efficiently run core business processes including financial management, warehouse and ...

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

PlayStation 4 cloud services bringing “Everything Everywhere”
SlashGear
This week the PlayStation 4 was revealed with no less than Gaikai-powered cloudgaming prepared for a future in which Sony's aim is “Everything Everywhere.” In this case it means that PlayStation 3 games will be able to be played by any device at any...

SlashGear

Yammer to deliver Office Web Apps, SkyDrive Pro integration this summer
InfoWorld
SkyDrive Pro, an enterprise version of the consumer SkyDrive cloud storage service, will become Yammer's underlying file-storage platform for Yammer, Microsoft said on Wednesday. The link with Office Web Apps, a browser-based version of the Office ...

Press Release: Pastel launches cloud computing for small businesses
Technology Zimbabwe
Announcing the imminent launch of My Business Online, Pastel Software Zimbabwe managing director Rob Watson said the introduction of cloud computing in Zimbabwe was an exciting step forward for small businesses, enabling them to keep their accounts ...

Cloud Computing Security Handbook
Windows IT Pro (blog)
Jan De Clercq (who writes frequently about security for WindowsITPro.com) and David Graves, an HP Distinguished Engineer who specializes in cloud services, also contribute to the book. John's previous books in the series are Cloud Computing Explained ...

OnApp's federated cloud storage platform hits production
GigaOM
As a major step in its quest to take on Amazon in a federated fashion, the OnAppCloud platform now includes fully-fledged distributed storage, VMware support and a more useful federated CDN. OnApp is one of the most interesting European cloudplayers, ...

GigaOM

In the Rush to Cloud Computing, Here's One Question Not Enough People are ...
Forbes
If anything, cloud is actually a new phase of IT outsourcing, Dan says, adding that “cloud computing is nothing more than the next step in outsourcing your IT operations,” the culmination of years of attempts to offload technology management to...

Forbes

Gartner Predicts Infrastructure Services Will Accelerate Cloud Computing Growth
Forbes
I've seen this in conversations with resellers and enterprise customers, and this trend is also reflected in Gartner's latest report on public cloud computing adoption, Forecast Overview: Public Cloud Services, Worldwide, 2011-2016, 4Q12 Update ...

Forbes

Review: Dell Cloud lets you have it your way
InfoWorld
Dell's new cloud has a distinctly Dell flavor that's apparent from the beginning. The company has always been very close to Microsoft, and now it's even closer after the leveraged buyout. While otherclouds charge a bit more for a Microsoft license ...

How Cloud Computing Is Helping Green Businesses
Greener Ideal
The cloud can be accessed from anywhere where there's an internet connection, and therefore allows business data to be stored and continuously updated in one, central location. This guide to cloud computing explains the technology in further detail.

Greener Ideal

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