| Telecoms Look to Cloud Computing New York Times By EVELYN RUSLI In the battle for enterprise customers, the country's giant telecommunications and cable companies are going to the cloud. On Wednesday, CenturyLink, the nation's third-largest telecommunications company, announced plans to buy Savvis, ... | ||
| Make Sure Your Cloud Provider Communicates PCWorld By Robert Dutt, PCWorld Last week's outage of Amazon's Elastic Cloud Compute, and specifically the company's lack of communications around that outage, point out the importance of transparency when working with a cloud provider. For the most part, ... | ||
| GSA Prepares $2.5 Billion Cloud Procurement InformationWeek US CIO Vivek Kundra said federal agencies will use the cloud to consolidate 950000 email boxes now sitting on 100 different systems. By Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek The General Services Administration (GSA) will unveil a $2.5 billion ... | ||
| VMware Buys Another Slice of the Cloud With SlideRocket PCWorld By Keir Thomas, PCWorld At present there's a complicated Chess game taking place when it comes to cloud computing. Some companies, like Google with its Docs suite, have dived straight in. However, Google has the money to evolve products--Docs started ... | ||
| Apple may brand its rumored cloud services "iCloud" Ars Technica By Chris Foresman | Last updated April 28, 2011 11:45 AM Apple has reportedly been working hard to launch new cloud-based services for iOS and Mac users, including a revamped MobileMe and an iTunes-based "digital locker," all powered by a huge data ... | ||
| Ubuntu releases 'Natty Narwhal' v.11.4 with OpenStack cloud support V3.co.uk by Iain Thomson Ubuntu has released a major upgrade to its open source operating system, codenamed Natty Narwhal, which adds a new user interface and additional support for cloudservices. The most noticeable change in the new build is the replacement ... | ||
| The rise and fall (and rise) of cloud computing Computerworld (blog) The concept of a cloud as the paradigm for abstracting the complexity within traditional data center operations and computing began with network administrators. They used a cloud metaphor to document the details of large local and wide area networks. ... | ||
| Microsoft CIO Tony Scott: 5 Lessons Learned from Our Cloud Deployment Forbes (blog) I wanted to share a blog post from Microsoft's CIO, Tony Scott, where he provides some insight into 5 lessons he's learned along the path to deploying cloud computing solutions at Microsoft. Tony shared this information with an audience of fellow CIOs ... | ||
| Windows 8 Takes Your Settings to the Cloud PCWorld It appears that a user's 'Roaming Options' would be sent to the cloud and would be retrievable on a friend's computer or on another device. By Ed Oswald, Technologizer A popular theme among Microsoft's Windows 7 commercials has been this idea of the ... | ||
| Yahoo Mail Takes Big Hit In Cloud Outage CRN By Andrew R Hickey, CRN Yahoo Mail, the search company's cloud-based e-mail service, went down for several hours Thursday, making Yahoo the latest in a long line of Web-based e-mail players to suffer outages this year. Yahoo on Thursday evening could ... | ||
| HP Services Scores $2.5 Billion NASA Deal, SAP Cloud Certification CRN By Kevin McLaughlin, CRN It has been a busy week for HP Enterprise Services, which landed a $2.5 billion contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and achieved a keycloud services certification from longtime partner SAP. ... | ||
| Cloud Computing Apps Ready for Prime Time NewsFactor Network By Jay Dougherty In a cloud-based model, you no longer have to worry about installing applications, storing files, or synchronising them if you work on more than one computer. Google Docs and Microsoft's Office Web Apps are the two front-runners in the ... | ||
| Pervasive Software Launches Data Integration 'App Store' eWeek Pervasive Software, which held its annual Metamorphasis Cloud Integration Summit here at the Hotel Sofitel, on April 28 launched a new marketplace for data integration processes. Pervasive Galaxy, which had been running in beta for a few months, ... | ||
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| Little Help From The Cloud Makes A Big Difference To Small Businesses Imperial Valley News Often, that means searching for a cloud service (similar to desktop applications, but online) to organize daily tasks, collaborate with others and get work done, all while operating on a slender budget. If you're a small-business professional, ... | ||
| TwinStrata expands cloud storage gateway hardware, software Search Storage TwinStrata upgraded its CloudArray iSCSI cloud storage gateway today, adding a high- availability appliance plus one that supports solid state drives (SSDs) while upgrading the software with enhanced data management and security features. ... | ||
| What happens when you try for a Cloud Girlfriend CNET Feeling deeply relieved--as anything other than a virtual woman would most certainly cause intractable problems--I set about testing Cloud Girlfriend. This was launched in a flurry of hype-nosis last month, when it claimed to be able to bring your ... | ||
| Amazon's EC2 outage clarifies requirements for an enterprise cloud SLA SearchCIO.com The interruption in service to some of Amazon.com Inc.'s Elastic Compute Cloud, or EC2, customers last week prompted some sage advice for CIOs signing an enterprise cloud service-level agreement (SLA): Don't put all your eggs into one basket. ... | ||
| BMC Software Announces Enhancements to Its Cloud Management Portfolio TMC Net By Nathesh, TMCnet Contributor BMC Software (News - Alert), a provider of comprehensive solutions that help IT organizations cut cost and drive business profit, released new enhancements to its cloudmanagement portfolio. ... | ||
| NetSuite Announces First Quarter 2011 Financial Results PR Newswire (press release) "At the end of Q4, we felt we were hitting the tipping point in ERP as customers large and small began to move from pre-web client/server solutions to NetSuite's cloud-based offering. Our great Q1 reinforces that this mass migration from legacy ... | ||
| RIM Acquires Cloud Calendar Startup Tungle InformationWeek Tungle is a cloud-based application that automates calendar processes and allows users to sync their disparate calendars together to streamline scheduling, eliminate double-bookings and clear time zone missteps. For musicians, podcasters, voice over ... | ||
| How to trade VMWare now MarketWatch (blog) Get my new eBook, “30 Stocks for the Cloud Revolution”, by visiting CloudRevolutionStocks.com or by subscribing to TradingWithCody.com, where you get access to all my investment books for free. I've long touted the App Revolution as being the single ... | ||
| AWS and OpenStack: an interesting contrast worth considering during cloud ... ZDNet (blog) By James Staten | April 28, 2011, 9:23am PDT James Staten calls out a couple of contrasting approaches for users as they give consideration to cloud implementation. Having attended the OpenStack Design Summit this week and at the same time fielding ... | ||
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| Intel's Smith Says Explosion in Demand for Mobile Data Fuels Server Sales Bloomberg Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Stacy Smith, chief financial officer at Intel Corp., talks about the outlook for growth in the markets for cloud-based servers and personal computers. Smith also discusses Intel's ... | ||
| Rackspace Extends Cloud Files CDN with CNAMES Support WebHosting.Info Rackspace Hosting, a web hosting company, yesterday announced the addition of CNAMES which further extends the capabilities of its overall Cloud Files product offering. The company avers that itsCloud Files provides businesses of all sizes fundamental ... | ||
| Technolog - Amazon's cloud crash destroyed many customers' data By Technolog By Henry BlodgetBusiness Insider In addition to taking down the sites of dozens of high-profile companies for hours (and, in some cases, days), Amazon's huge EC2 cloud services crash permanently destroyed some data. The data loss was ... Technolog - Technolog's Column... - http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/07/6006872-two-screen-smart-phone-to-be-carried-by-sprint?threadId=1161731&commentId=20410522 | ||
| Amazon's Cloud Crash Disaster Permanently Destroyed Many Customers ... By Henry Blodget Cloud computing is an internet-based model for groups to become more efficient through sharing. It does not bog down your server and no software installation is required. Businesses may create a private cloud within. ... Business Insider: Henry Blodget - http://www.businessinsider.com/author/henry-blodget | ||
| Apple's cloud streaming service to be called iCloud? -- Engadget By Tim Stevens Okay, so if you had to guess a name for an Apple service that exists in the cloud it's pretty safe to say you'd pick. Engadget - http://www.engadget.com/ | ||
| Apple's cloud-based service to be dubbed 'iCloud', rumor suggests ... By Andrew Munchbach According to the latest Internet rumor, Apple's presumed cloud-based service may be getting a familiar moniker. Blog GigaOM is reporting that the Cupertino company has purchased the domain name iCloud.com from Swedish company Xcerion. ... BGR - http://www.bgr.com/ | ||
| Amazon EBS Outage Challenges Cloud Supporters in Web Services The clear take-home lesson from this is that cloud computing may not be ready for mission-critical business applications. If you are thinking about using cloud computing for your business, you need to have a plan in place in case of ... Dev Shed - RSS Feeds - http://www.devshed.com/ | ||
| Could Apple Be Launching a Cloud-Based Music Service Called iCloud? By Brenna Ehrlich Apple reportedly shelled out $4.5 million for the domain name iCloud. Mashable! - http://mashable.com/ | ||
| Dell to Present Opening Keynote at Cloud Expo 2011 New York ... The recent Cloud Expo at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, was the largestCloud Computing conference ever produced, more sponsors, exhibitors and delegates than all otherCloud events of the year combined! ... Latest News from Cloud Computing Journal - https://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/ | ||
| Lifted Lockout Casts Huge Cloud Over 2011 NFL Draft; Show Must Go ... By ccolton The NFL draft always is a guessing game, but never before has it been accompanied by so much uncertainty. CBS New York - http://newyork.cbslocal.com/ | ||
| Windows 8 Cloud Integration | Windows 8 Cloud Features | Windows 8 ... By Pallab De Windows 8 will feature Roaming Profiles that will store profile data in the cloud, and allow you to logon from any Windows 8 system. Techie Buzz - http://techie-buzz.com/ | ||
| Research In Motion buys Tungle for cloud-based calendar ... By Fred Hoot RIM logo Research In Motion buys Tungle for cloud based calendar applications Tungle's service works with FaceBook, Google, iCal, LotusLive, Lotus Notes, Outlook, Plancast, TripIt, WindowsLive and Yahoo! Calendars. ... BroadbandExpert - http://www.broadbandexpert.com/blog/ | ||
| Security Standoff in the Cloud? « CBS Detroit By Matt Roush The Traverse City research firm Ponemon Institute and Islandia, N.Y.-based CA Technologies Thursday released a study that shows cloud providers and cloud consumers are not aligned oncloud security. CBS Detroit - http://detroit.cbslocal.com/ | ||
| Internet Evolution - IT Clan Editor's Blog - Cloud Providers Hit ... Environmentalists say the green datacenters of Google, Facebook, and Apple are sustained by the dirtiest of all utility power. Internet Evolution: IT Clan Editor's... - http://www.internetevolution.com/blog.asp?blog_sectionid=625 | ||
| Interfacing Your Computer with the Cloud | IdeaFeed | Big Think By Big Think Editors New computers are entering the market made especially to suit cloud computing. Because security concerns are paramount when accessing data remotely, the computers are built with security protections for hardware that is exposed to the ... Big Think - http://bigthink.com/ | ||
| High Scalability - High Scalability - PaaS on OpenStack - Run ... By Nati Shalom Build their own PaaS in a snap; Run on any cloud (public/private); Gain multi- tenancy, elasticity… Without code changes. Provide a significantly higher degree of control without adding substantial complexity over our: ... High Scalability - http://highscalability.com/ | ||
| Head in the Cloud By Jeff Nolan This isn't about cloud vs. no cloud and the reason why you have not read about a backlash fueled by the old guard is that everyone has skin in the cloud game now . Why would any company market against their own strategic initiatives even ... Enterprise Irregulars - http://www.enterpriseirregulars.com/ | ||
| Business in the Cloud: What Every Business Needs to Know About ... By Wow! Business in the Cloud: What Every Business Needs to Know About Cloud Computing. PDF. Book Description A close look at cloud computing's transformational role in business Covering cloudcomputing from what the business leader needs to ... Wow! eBook - Blog - http://www.wowebook.com/ | ||
| The AWS Outage: The Cloud's Shining Moment - O'Reilly Broadcast So many cloud pundits are piling on to the misfortunes of Amazon Web Services this week as a response to the massive failures in the AWS Virginia region. broadcast.oreilly.com/.../the-aws-outage-the-clouds-shining-m... | ||
| NSA developing cloud technologies - The H Open Source: News and ... The CIO of the US National Security Agency, Lonny Anderson, has described how it is developing acloud-based architecture in order to facilitate the sharing ... www.h-online.com/.../NSA-developing-cloud-technologies-12... | ||
| Technolog - Amazon outage casts a cloud over cloud computing? After four days, the great Amazon Web Services outage seems to have finally ended, for the most part, but it has cast a black cloud over the future of cloud ... technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_.../6525039-amazon-outage-casts-... | ||
| Light Reading - Rewired - What Color Is Your Cloud? 12:30 PM Telecom players are chasing the cloud market, but will they embrace the real cloudmodel, or fall back on old (bad) habits? www.lightreading.com/blog.asp?blog_sectionid=847...id... |
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Weekly Wrap-up
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